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  2. Geography of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The Andorran Fire Brigade, with headquarters at Santa Coloma, operates from four modern fire stations, and has a staff of around 120 firefighters.The service is equipped with 24 fire service vehicles: 16 heavy appliances (fire tenders, turntable ladders, and specialist four-wheel drive vehicles), four light support vehicles (cars and vans), and four ambulances. [1]

  3. Kronenburg B.V. - Wikipedia

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    The Kronenburg B.V. company is a fire-service vehicles manufacturer, based in Wanroij, Netherlands. [1] The company was founded by the Kronenburg family in 1823. Kronenburg B.V. supplies thousands of fire trucks to many countries. Its trucks serve in military and civil airports, petrochemical industries and municipal fire brigades. old logo of ...

  4. Jeugdbrandweer - Wikipedia

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    Jeugdbrandweer is a Youth organisation active in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium across more than 150 fire departments. Young people aged 12 to 18 are acquainted with the work of firefighters. The youngsters are taught the basic skills of firefighting and practice with specialist equipment and materials of the fire service ...

  5. List of emergency telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Current service is the result of consolidation of firefighter, emergency police, Gendarmerie, Coast Guard, forest fire, search and rescue, natural disaster and medical emergency numbers into medical emergency former solo number 112. Ukraine: 102: 103: 101: General emergencies – 112; [104] Gas emergency – 104. United Kingdom: 999 or 112

  6. List of comparative firefighting ranks - Wikipedia

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    The following ranks are used by State Fire Service civilian personnel worn on all forms of dress, while military personnel use ranks similar to those of the Police of Russia, due to their pre-2001 history as the fire service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation before all firefighting services were transferred to the ...

  7. Safety region - Wikipedia

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    In the European Netherlands, a safety region (Dutch: veiligheidsregio) is a public body whose task is to facilitate regional cooperation in dealing with crises, disasters and disruptions of public order. Each municipal executive belongs to one of the twenty-five safety regions. [1]

  8. List of fire departments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction, which is typically a municipality, county or fire protection district.

  9. Volendam New Year's fire - Wikipedia

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    The Volendam New Year's fire was a café fire in the Dutch town of Volendam during the 2000–2001 New Year's night. The fire began early on New Year's Day 2001 and caused the death of 14 young people. [1] In all, 241 people were admitted to hospital, [2] 200 of whom suffered serious burns. [1]