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2. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. [ 1] A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. [ 2] Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. [ 2][ 3] This involves structural firefighting and wildland firefighting. Specialized training includes aircraft ...

3. International Association of Fire Fighters - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .iaff .org. The International Association of Fire Fighters ( IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.

4. Real Heroes: Firefighter - Wikipedia

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   Real Heroes: Firefighter is a first-person shooter video game for the Wii, developed by Epicenter Studios and published by Conspiracy Entertainment. A Nintendo 3DS version (Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D) was released on September 12, 2012, by Zordix and a remastered PC version (on Steam) was released on March 14, 2017, by Flying Tiger Entertainment, with a high definition re-release published by ...

5. National Fallen Firefighters Memorial - Wikipedia

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   National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Coordinates: 39°41′42.05″N 77°19′32.78″W. The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a memorial to career and volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty. Located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, it was conceived as a tribute to American fire service. The memorial was constructed in 1981 on the ...

6. List of firefighters killed in the line of duty in the United ...

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   Anthony Rose, 23. Jesse Steed, 36. Joe Thurston, 33. Travis Turbyfill, 27. William Warneke, 26. Clayton Whitted, 28. Kevin Woyjeck, 21. Garret Zuppiger, 27. Thirteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed when the Yarnell Hill Fire suddenly expanded on June 30.

7. 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 ...