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1418:Fire lookout
1317:Fire flapper
1108:Fire control
1073:Chimney fire
959:Halligan bar
934:Fire shelter
919:Fire hydrant
894:Fire blanket
889:Escape chair
866:Water tender
793:Fire station
720:Fire marshal
700:Fire captain
674:Firefighting
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1452:By location
1438:Smokejumper
1295:and tactics
1173:Ventilation
1113:Fire safety
1098:False alarm
1055:Terminology
1005:PASS device
979:Hose bridge
969:Hazmat suit
904:Fire bucket
884:Bunker gear
826:Fire engine
771:Drill tower
725:Fire police
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233:Firefighter
76:water pumps
39:to put out
27:During the
1615:Categories
1484:Washington
1479:California
1347:Fire trail
1293:Equipment
1133:Flash fire
1103:Fire class
1083:Deluge gun
1020:Rotary saw
990:Kelly tool
954:Fog nozzle
798:Hose tower
764:Facilities
705:Fire chief
605:2020-12-20
523:2021-01-20
422:2021-01-20
398:2021-01-20
293:2021-01-20
183:References
78:. Emperor
1464:Australia
1411:Personnel
1372:Hose pack
1352:Firebreak
1332:Fire rake
1322:Fire hose
1312:Driptorch
1264:Wildfires
1194:Fire camp
1138:Flashover
1068:Barn fire
1063:Backdraft
914:Fire hose
876:Equipment
808:Apparatus
579:131005897
563:0068-2462
282:"Vigiles"
1575:Glossary
1551:Category
1520:See also
1428:Helitack
1423:Handcrew
1153:Rollover
1128:Firewall
836:Fireboat
735:Handcrew
571:40310831
236:. ABDO.
154:—
136:—
72:freedmen
58:Augustus
1599:Outline
1563:Commons
1474:History
1387:Pulaski
1272:General
1010:The pig
177:Vigiles
172:Vigiles
162:Methods
113:Vigiles
109:Vigiles
68:Vigiles
63:Vigiles
45:aediles
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1495:Lists
1093:Draft
1035:Siren
995:Nomex
856:Quint
575:S2CID
567:JSTOR
41:fires
781:list
627:ISBN
559:ISSN
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