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monitors and long-throw foam nozzles (usually called a bulk water carrier or bulk water tanker). Several areas also own converted semi-trailer fuel tankers, capable of holding many thousands of liters of petrol, foam or other retardant. These are most often used in severe HazMat situations, such as oil refinery fires or fuel tanker accidents, where a large and continuous volume of water is needed.
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A water tender typically carries some fire fighting equipment. There are various national standards and recommendations on equipment to be carried on water tenders. Some water tenders may carry various kinds of
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774:Portable water tank
683:Fire proximity suit
277:Portable water tank
186:portable water tank
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1086:Fire lookout tower
759:New York roof hook
610:Light and air unit
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454:Chief fire officer
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1177:Fire lookout
1076:Fire flapper
867:Fire control
832:Chimney fire
718:Halligan bar
693:Fire shelter
678:Fire hydrant
653:Fire blanket
648:Escape chair
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552:Fire station
479:Fire marshal
459:Fire captain
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1197:Smokejumper
1054:and tactics
932:Ventilation
872:Fire safety
857:False alarm
814:Terminology
764:PASS device
738:Hose bridge
728:Hazmat suit
663:Fire bucket
643:Bunker gear
585:Fire engine
530:Drill tower
484:Fire police
194:flashlights
155:fire engine
151:fire engine
139:fire engine
105:fire engine
93:fire engine
32:watertender
1243:Washington
1238:California
1106:Fire trail
1052:Equipment
892:Flash fire
862:Fire class
842:Deluge gun
779:Rotary saw
749:Kelly tool
713:Fog nozzle
557:Hose tower
523:Facilities
464:Fire chief
312:Tarvasjoki
283:References
115:standards.
36:air tanker
1223:Australia
1170:Personnel
1131:Hose pack
1111:Firebreak
1091:Fire rake
1081:Fire hose
1071:Driptorch
1023:Wildfires
953:Fire camp
897:Flashover
827:Barn fire
822:Backdraft
673:Fire hose
635:Equipment
567:Apparatus
369:NFPA 1901
163:wildfires
159:accidents
1374:Category
1334:Glossary
1310:Category
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1187:Helitack
1182:Handcrew
912:Rollover
887:Firewall
595:Fireboat
494:Handcrew
272:Fireboat
235:See also
1358:Outline
1322:Commons
1233:History
1146:Pulaski
1031:General
769:The pig
357:Finland
353:Kittilä
349:gallons
341:gallons
333:Example
82:hydrant
72:from a
1136:McLeod
998:Muster
345:litres
337:litres
123:Unimog
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1346:Index
1254:Lists
852:Draft
794:Siren
754:Nomex
615:Quint
182:hoses
147:rural
66:water
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223:and
204:, a
200:, a
190:axes
97:pump
89:hose
78:lake
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