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A fuel ladder or ladder fuel is a firefighting term for live or dead vegetation that allows a fire to climb up from the landscape or forest floor into the tree canopy. [1][2] Common ladder fuels include tall grasses, shrubs, and tree branches, both living and dead. The removal of fuel ladders is part of defensible space 'firescaping' practices.
City of Anderson fire and emergency workers at a fallen oak tree on a home on West Whitner Street during Tropical Storm Helene in Anderson, S.C. Friday, September 27, 2024.
This is a list of notable fire lookout towers and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures.This includes lookout cabins without towers which are perched high and do not require further elevation to serve for their purpose, and also includes notable lookout trees.
1979. Opened. 1980. Renovated. 2003. Known for. First fire station to respond to the fire at the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. Firehouse, Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10, is a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, located at 124 Liberty Street across from the World Trade Center site and the National September 11 ...
Big branches from trees have fallen into the Reedy River. Traffic lights at Main Street and Falls Park Drive are out. A damaged tree was leaning onto the Carolina Ale House building downtown ...
When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. One year after the fire, here's ...
NRHP reference No. 83003462 [1] Added to NRHP. December 22, 1983 [1] Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. [1] The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire ...
A MAFFS II-equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops water over the Hayman Fire burn scar during training in May 2021.. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an ...