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2. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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   LODD (line of duty death) The death of a fire fighter while on-duty. Live line: A fire hose under pressure from a pump. Also, an energized electrical line that may cause a hazard to firefighters. Live in: A firefighter who typically lives in the fire house or station; Live training structure: A structure that is used for hands-on training. Can ...

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. 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 ...

5. German Fire Services - Wikipedia

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   The Feuerwehr ( German: fire defence) is a number of German fire departments. The responsible bodies for operating and equipping fire departments are the German communities ("Gemeinden") and cities ("Städte"). By law, they are required to operate fire-fighting forces. In cities, this is usually performed by the Fire Prevention Bureau, one of ...

6. Volunteer fire department - Wikipedia

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   Volunteer fire department. A volunteer fire department ( VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire ...

7. Costco is cracking down on membership moochers - AOL

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   Costco knows you’re using your friend’s membership card. To save you the embarrassment of telling you off when you’re in the checkout line, now Costco will try to catch membership moochers ...

8. Firefighter - Wikipedia

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   Rescue, fire protection, civil service, public service, public safety. A firefighter (or fire fighter) is a first responder trained in firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires that threaten life and property, as well as to rescue persons from confinement or dangerous situations. Male firefighters are sometimes referred to as ...

9. Product activation - Wikipedia

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   Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function. Activation allows the software to stop blocking its ...