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  2. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    A short piece of fire hose, usually 10 to 20 feet (6.1 m) long, of large diameter, greater than 2.5 inches (64 mm) and as large as 6 inches (150 mm), used to move water from a fire hydrant to the fire engine, when the fire apparatus is parked close to the hydrant. Solid stream A fire-fighting water stream emitted from a smooth-bore nozzle.

  3. Standpipe (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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    External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...

  4. North American Fire Hose Coupler Incompatibilities - Wikipedia

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    NFPA 1963, which defines the vast majority of fire hose couplings in existence, and ANSI-ASME B1.20.7, which defines garden hose thread (sometimes used by wildland fire fighting crews) along with (non-tapered) iron pipe thread, and ANSI B26, FIRE-HOSE COUPLING SCREW THREAD FOR ALL CONNECTIONS HAVING NOMINAL INSIDE DIAMETERS OF 2 1 ⁄ 2, 3, 3 1 ...

  5. Siamese - Wikipedia

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    Siamese connection or a splitter in fire protection engineering Siamese method , a mathematical method described by Simon de la Loubère Sukhothai language, a kind of Thai topolect , by the end of the 18th century, they gradually diverged into regional variants, which subsequently developed into the modern Central Thai and Southern Thai.

  6. Hard suction hose - Wikipedia

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    5-inch (13 cm) flex suction hose with Storz fittings, mounted on an engine. Flexible suction hose (Flex suction or suction hose), not to be confused with hard suction hose in U.S., is a specific type of fire hose used in drafting operations, when a fire engine uses a vacuum to draw water from a portable water tank, pool, or other static water source.

  7. DC plane crash has striking similarities to a 1949 tragedy - AOL

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    According to a 2005 Arlington Fire Journal report, retired firefighter Frank Higgins recalled finding body parts amidst the debris, which landed in waist-deep mud. The P-38 pilot was recovered ...

  8. Fire sprinkler system - Wikipedia

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    A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, to which fire sprinklers are connected. Although initially used only in factories and large commercial buildings, systems for homes and small buildings are now available ...

  9. What would happen if Musk tries to defy court orders? - AOL

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    On Saturday, a federal judge in New York blocked individuals associated with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing what effectively serves as the government's ...