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fire extinguisher: see fire fighting fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire.
Fire-Fighting StrategyFire fighting strategy involves the following basic procedures: arriving at the scene of the fire as rapidly as ..... Click the link for more information. . fire extinguisher [′fīr ik‚stiŋ·gwish·ər] (engineering) Any of various portable devices used to extinguish a fire by the ejection of a fire-inhibiting substance, such as water, carbon dioxide, gas, or chemical foam. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Asiatics swept by them and above them, ripped their bladders, set them alight, picked off their dimly seen men in diving clothes, who struggled against fire and tear with fire extinguishers and silk ribbons in the inner netting. |
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