Firefighting Equipment and Operations

Depictions of fire trucks, firefighters in action, and equipment used in firefighting, showcasing emergency response themes.

Firefighter sitting on a fire hose
Firefighter sitting on a fire hose
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Emergency vehicles that are part of the Fort McCoy Fire Department, which is part of the Directorate of Emergency Services, are shown Sept. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The fire department was reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International earlier in 2022. The fire department is one of more than 200 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and the Center for Public Safety Excellence.
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Detroit, Michigan, A firefighter cuts a hole for ventilation in the roof of a burning house.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At Fire Station No. 2 near the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Fire Rescue Services personnel review procedures and check equipment on the aerial fire truck as part of the training to be certified in the operation and use of the vehicle.The centers Fire Rescue Services recently achieved Pro Board Certification in aerial fire truck operations. Pro Board Certification is a globally recognized certification that puts on multiple courses that all fire departments throughout the world recognize and use to train their personnel. The unique aerial truck contains a 100-foot extendable ladder with a bucket at the end of it that can be used for rescues from taller buildings or aircraft rescue firefighting.
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Firefighters from a fire-fighting crew holding a foam pipe for extinguishing liquid fires, professional firefighters from the Berufsfeuerwehr Essen, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Firefighters surround a burning simulated aircraft during training exercises Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Pad 30. Those at left wait their turn as the crew on the right turn their hoses toward the fire. The firefighters are with Fire and Emergency Services at the Naval Station Mayport, Fla
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Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. The employees arrive at the place where the antenna will be fixed.
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St Bernard Parish, La., July 24, 2013 -- St. Bernard Fire Station #1 was severely damaged after Hurricane Katrina pushed flood waters to the second floor of the station and was flooded a second time when Hurricane Rita hit less than a month later. FEMA has provided more than $396,729 to repair the facility. Gioan Nguyen/FEMA
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Emergency vehicles that are part of the Fort McCoy Fire Department, which is part of the Directorate of Emergency Services, are shown Sept. 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The fire department was reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International earlier in 2022. The fire department is one of more than 200 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and the Center for Public Safety Excellence.
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Fire-fighters prepare to spray water on flames.
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Warehouse laborers starting shift
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New York City, New York, USA. NY Sanitation Department Trash collection of Nelson Molina.
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Ireland, Achill Island. Royal National Life Boat Station equipment room.
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Members of the Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue team practice heavy lifting with an A-frame gantry during a training session in October. The team learns these techniques so they're able to lift and move heavy pieces of debris in areas inaccessible to a crane, or when cranes or other machinery are unavailable... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Firefighters practicing rescue from heights on the old Henrichenburg boat lift, Waltrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Lutherstadt Eisleben, fire brigade building, fire engines in Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gestures as he examines the spar installation (behind him) on the wing of the orbiter Atlantis. Reinforced Carbon Carbon (RCC) panels are mechanically attached to the wing via the spars - a series of floating joints - to reduce loading on the panels caused by wing deflections. The aluminum and the metallic attachments are protected from exceeding temperature limits by internal insulation.
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Alarm station on offshore platform
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Large fire at the Puren Company, a plastic processing factory, large-scale operation of rescue services, Obermarchtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Firefighting operation, Goeppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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The fire department rescue workers in action after a house fire, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Feuerwehrgroßeinsatz bei einem Dachgeschoßbrand in Berlin Niederschönhausen, Berlin, Deutschland *** Large fire brigade at a Attic fire in Berlin Niederschönhausen, Berlin, Germany 1020927429
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FEMA Helps Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department Rebuild. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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1970s America - Lifesaver factory, Port Chester, New York 1976