A fire engine or fire truck (also spelled firetruck) is a vehicle, usually a specially-designed or modified truck, that functions as a firefighting apparatus...
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The FIRE (for "Fully Integrated Robotised Engine") is a series of automobile engines from Fiat Powertrain Technologies, built in FCA's Termoli, Betim and...
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A fire engine is a road vehicle designed for firefighting. Fire engine may also refer to: The Fire Engines, a Scottish post-punk group Fully Integrated...
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The Fire Engines were a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fire Engines were an influence on many bands that followed, including Franz Ferdinand...
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Fire engine red, also known as fire truck red in North America, is an informal name for an bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles in many countries...
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atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to as the Newcomen fire engine (see below) or simply as a Newcomen engine. The...
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for Los Angeles County organized Engine Company No. 1. It was a volunteer firefighting force with an Amoskeag fire engine and a hose jumper (cart). The equipment...
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A wildland fire engine or brush truck is a fire engine specifically designed to assist in fighting wildfires by transporting firefighters to the scene...
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Adam Hills (redirect from Go you big red fire engine)
at the Edinburgh Fringe. The title of his 2001 show, "Go You Big Red Fire Engine", was coined during a 1999 performance in Melbourne. Hills asked an audience...
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Finley the Fire Engine is an American-British animated children's television series produced by Balley Beg Animation Studios in Douglas, Isle of Man....
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History of firefighting (redirect from The Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment)
a print showing Lofting's fire engine at work in London, the engine being pumped by a team of men. In the print three fire plaques of early insurance...
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Emergency! (section Antique Dennis fire engine)
Los Angeles County Fire Museum. Set at the fictional Fire Station 51 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, where one fire engine and the paramedic...
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A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses...
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fire engine is a fire engine that is powered by an electric motor—essentially, an electric vehicle designed and used for firefighting. Electric fire engines...
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Thomas & Friends (redirect from Angus the Fire Engine)
folded into Mattel in 2016. A new 2D-animated series, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, premiered on 13 September 2021 on Cartoon Network's preschool block...
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A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure...
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the London Fire Engine Establishment was formed under the leadership of James Braidwood, who had founded the first professional, municipal fire brigade in...
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fire engine in its original form was merely a water pump, with the engine being transported to the fire by horses. In modern usage, the term engine typically...
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Firefighting apparatus (redirect from Fire appliance)
first fire pump circa the 2nd century B.C., and an example of a force-pump possibly used for a fire-engine is mentioned by Heron of Alexandria. The fire pump...
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January 2025 Southern California wildfires (redirect from Woodley Fire)
man and woman were arrested for trespassing in the Palisades Fire zone in a fire engine purchased at auction in Oregon and for posing as firefighters...
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A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and...
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location of the attached water main). This user can attach this hose to a fire engine, which can use a powerful pump to boost the water pressure and possibly...
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the flywheel end. The firing order is 1-6-5-4-3-2. The engine was produced at the Flint North plant in Flint, Michigan, with engine blocks and cylinder...
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avoid detection. A New York Times article suggested that the fire had been started by the engines running the sewing machines. A series of articles in Collier's...
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the standard fire department responses to fires in high-rise buildings. The signal 10-60 is a separate response to major disasters. Engine companies, ladder...
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Volvo FL (section Engine (FL6))
used in a variety of different roles aside from a truck, including as a fire engine. "FL" stands for "Forward Control" and "Low-level Cab". The FL6 and the...
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Policeman (Den skrattande polisen, 1968) (Edgar Award, Best Novel, 1971) The Fire Engine That Disappeared (Brandbilen som försvann, 1969) Murder at the Savoy...
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General Motors joint venture, established in 1996, in manufacturing diesel engines with turbo and common rail direct injection technology. Most of the Fiat...
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Main Street, USA (redirect from Fire Engine (Disneyland))
Omnibus Penny Arcade Sax Four Tokyo Disneyland Band Main Street Cinema Fire Engine Horseless Carriage Sax Five The Disney Gallery Welcome Flower Band(2016-2018)...
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American vehicle manufacturer which focused primarily on the production of fire engines, ladder trucks, and emergency apparatus such as ambulance and rescue...
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