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breathing apparatus

[′brēth·iŋ ap·ə′rad·əs]

(engineering)

An appliance that enables a person to function in irrespirable or poisonous gases or fluids; contains a supply of oxygen and a regenerator which removes the carbon dioxide exhaled.

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Teams used one hose reel, two breathing apparatus, a short extension ladder, lighting, a thermal imaging camera and positive pressure ventilation fan to put the fire out.

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Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus carried the pair from the house on Intended Street, Cradley Heath, at around 8.

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They then spent an hour extinguishing the flames using a hose reel, covering jet and breathing apparatus.

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Between 10 and 15 workers were evacuated from the area as two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building to tackle the blaze.

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Firefighters used breathing apparatus and a hose reel to put out the first floor fire.

Students evacuate halls after fire

A team of five from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service won the National Breathing Apparatus Competition at the Gloucestershire-based Fire Service College.

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I realised two teams of firefighters had entered with breathing apparatus and two hose reels.

Call to boost brigade funding

A firefighter in breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets were used to put out the flames.