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2. Litter (rescue basket) - Wikipedia

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   A Stokes basket, also called a Stokes stretcher or Stokes litter, is a metal wire or plastic litter widely used in search and rescue. [ 1 ] Originally designed by Charles F. Stokes , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] these baskets have been notorious for spinning under the downdraft from the rotating helicopter blades. [ 5 ]

3. Seagrave Fire Apparatus - Wikipedia

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   Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is an American fire apparatus manufacturer that specializes in pumper and rescue units, as well as aerial towers. In addition to manufacturing new equipment, they refurbish, repair and upgrade older Seagrave apparatus, including National Fire Protection Association updates to equipment. [ 1 ]

4. Fire engine - Wikipedia

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   A fire engine or fire truck (also spelled firetruck) is a vehicle, usually a specially-designed or modified truck, that functions as a firefighting apparatus. The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and water to an incident as well as carrying equipment for firefighting operations in a fire drill .

5. Helicopter rescue basket - Wikipedia

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   This is a basket able to fit five people or more. It allows a large group of people to be rescued from a fire or other emergency site, without needing to load them into the helicopter itself. It enables the helicopter to load a large group without landing. The helicopter hovers over the site and rests the basket on the ground or other surface.

6. Hesco bastion - Wikipedia

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   Assembling the HESCO unit entails unfolding it and filling it with sand, soil or gravel, usually using a front end loader.The placement of the barrier is generally very similar to the placement of a sandbag barrier or earth berm except that room must generally be allowed for the equipment used to fill the barrier.

7. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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   Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

8. Waste container - Wikipedia

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   Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.

9. List of Wheeler Dealers episodes - Wikipedia

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   Work Completed: Numerous rust areas treated and repaired (including replacing the nearside A-frame and correctly filling and repairing a dent in the passenger door) before stripping and prepping the car for a full body respray, fitted new chrome brightwork including the bumpers, fitted a new boot lid, fitted new door mirrors, cleaned and ...