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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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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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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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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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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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 animated children's television series produced by Balley Beg Animation Studios in Douglas, Isle of Man. The show is about...
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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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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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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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The firing order of an internal combustion engine is the sequence of ignition for the cylinders. In a spark ignition (e.g. gasoline/petrol) engine, the...
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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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FirePower series (with displacements from 241 cu in (3.9 L) to 392 cu in (6.4 L)) from 1951 to 1958; a famed 426 cu in (7.0 L) race and street engine...
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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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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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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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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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Thomas & Friends (redirect from Angus the Fire Engine)
his friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby and others who are engines of The Fat Controller. In the United States, it was first broadcast along...
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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 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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businessman, he was among the foremost American makers of hand-pumped fire engines. Artist John Neagle's portrait of him, Pat Lyon at the Forge (1826–27)...
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The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an Ohio-based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P Ahrens and Charles H Fox and built...
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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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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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1991: Fire Brigadier General Fire Colonel Fire Lieutenant Colonel Fire Major Fire Captain Fire Lieutenant Fire Sergeant Fire Corporal Fireman First Class...
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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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Engine 51 is known for its time in the 1970s TV show Emergency!. Engine 51 is actually two very different fire engines. Both Engines 51 sit in the Los...
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Manual Fire Engine, designed and built by Shand Mason Company of London from 1869 to 1869. It is also known as Shand Mason 7 inch Manual Fire Engine (1869)...
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