List of firefighting topics

Firefighting is the act of extinguishing destructive fires. A firefighter fights these fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical profession which requires years of training and education in order to become proficient. Firefighters' goals are to save life, property and the environment. A fire can rapidly spread and endanger many lives; however, with modern firefighting techniques, catastrophe is usually avoided. To prevent fires from starting a firefighter's duties include public education and conducting fire inspections. Because firefighters are often the first responders to people in critical conditions, firefighters provide basic life support as emergency medical technicians or advanced life support as licensed paramedics. Firefighters make up one of the major emergency services, along with the emergency medical service, the police and many others.

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Aerial firefighting - Alarm - Airport Crash Tender - Advanced life support - Arson

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Blues and twos - Bushfire - Brush fire - Backdraft - Basic life support - Burn - Bunker gear

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Chief Fire Officers Association - Combustion - Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser

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Dry standpipe - Dry riser - Dead Man Zone - Dispatcher - Draft

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Emergency services - Emergency vehicle lighting - Emergency medical services - Emergency medical technician - Emergency service - Enhanced 911 - Evacuation

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Firefighter - Fire apparatus - Fire engine - Fire hydrants - Fire - Flashover - Fire Officer - Fire chief's vehicle - Fire Police - Fire marshal - Fire service in the United Kingdom - Fire brigade - fire hose - Fire department - Firestorm - Forest fire - Fire authority - Fire Brigades Union - Fire Service College - Fire code - Fire classes - Fire control - Firefighter Assist and Search Team - Firefighting worldwide - Fire hazard - Fire siren - Fireman's switch - Fire inspector - Fire lookout tower - Fireman's carry - Fire Master - Fire point - Fire protection - Fire-retardant material - Fire safety - Fire Service College - Fire station - Fire tetrahedron - Fire triangle - Firefighter's Combat Challenge - Firewall - First aid - First Responder - Flash fire - Flash fire - Forcible entry - Fire Brigades Act 1938 - Fire Services Act 1947 - Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 - FiReControl - FireLink

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Gaseous fire suppression - Gold Silver Bronze command structure - Glossary of firefighting equipment - Glossary of wildland fire terms

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History of fire brigades - History of fire brigades in the United Kingdom - Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland - History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom

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International Association of Wildland Fire - Institution of Fire Engineers - International Association of Fire Fighters - Immolation - International Firefighters' Day - Independent Review of the Fire Service

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List of firefighting films - London Fire Brigade - London Fire Brigade Museum - List of historic fires

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Mini Pumper - Heat detector - Master stream

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National Fire Information Council - National Fire Protection Association - New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union - National Fire Incident Reporting System - Nomex - New Dimension programme

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Paramedic

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

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Standpipe (firefighting) - Structure fire - Self contained breathing apparatus - Short circuit - Siren - Smoke detector - Smoke inhalation - Smokejumper - Splash suit - Station Officer - Stop, drop and roll - Super Scooper

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Turntable ladder - Two-in, two-out

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United Firefighters Union of Australia - UK firefighter dispute 2002-2003

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Ventilation - Volunteer fire department

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Water tender - Wet standpipe - Water cannon - Water pressure - Wildfire - Wetdown - Wildfire - World Police and Fire Games

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