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  2. Firefighter calendar - Wikipedia

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    Firefighter calendars are a type of decorative calendar that feature images of shirtless or scantily-dressed muscular men depicted as firefighters. They are typically marketed towards heterosexual women, and are often created by fire departments to raise money for charity.

  3. List of comparative firefighting ranks - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, helmet colors often denote a fire fighter's rank or position. In general, white helmets denote chief officers, such as battalion chiefs, division chiefs, etc. while red helmets may denote company officers, such as captains, lieutenants, etc. but the specific meaning of a helmet's color or style varies from region to region ...

  4. Welephant - Wikipedia

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    Welephant is a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet, originally used as a mascot by fire brigades in the United Kingdom to promote fire safety to children. Since 1989, however the character has become the mascot for the Children's Burn Trust.

  5. Raising the Flag at Ground Zero - Wikipedia

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    Franklin shot the photograph shortly after 5 p.m. with a telephoto lens.At this time, he was standing under a pedestrian walkway across the West Side Highway that connected the center to the World Financial Center, located at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site.

  6. Volk Clip Art - Wikipedia

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    Volk Clip Art, Inc., better known as the Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio, was an advertising art studio specializing in artwork meant to be sold for commercial use in print. Using a subscription based service, designers and journalists had the option to be sent monthly booklets of free-to-use artwork to use within their own publications. [1]

  7. Fire engine - Wikipedia

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    Fire engine, Philadelphia, 1838, trying to save adjacent building. One firefighter (with helmet) directs the water; three to his left are manning the pump. Hand-colored. To the right of the engine is a hose truck. Manually drawn fire pump in service in Edinburgh in 1824 Horse-drawn fire pump given to Brockhampton Estate in 1818

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  9. History of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Firefighter from Warsaw wearing equipment for breathing in smoke ca. 1870 The history of organized firefighting began in ancient Rome while under the rule of the first Roman Emperor Augustus. [ 1 ] Prior to that, Ctesibius, a Greek citizen of Alexandria, developed the first fire pump in the third century BC, which was later improved upon in a ...