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Water Tender ANF 10, from the USDA U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains of the Southern California, Los Angeles Area. This Type II Tender is staffed by 2 crew members


A wildland fire tender is a unique vehicle capable of bringing additional water to fire trucks in the field that are engaged on the fireline. These vehicles are specifically designed for the wildland environment often with four wheel drive, rugged susspension and high wheel clearance for mountainous dirt road conditions.

Wildland fire tender
Type Gallons capacity Gallons per minute (GPM) Crew size minimum
150003002
225002002
31000200?

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GPM can mean:
  • Gallons per minute, used for a tankless water heater to indicate how much water a heater can raise by a certain temperature.
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A wildland fire engine is a unique vehicle that is specifically designed for the wildland environment. These fire engines are equipped with four wheel drive, rugged suspension and high wheel clearance for mountainous dirt road conditions.
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Wildland fire suppression is a unique aspect of firefighting.

Wildland firefighting requires different tactics, equipment, and training from the normal structure fire fighting found in populated areas.
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fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires, by transporting firefighters to the scene, and providing them with access, water or other equipment.
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Firefighting is the act of extinguishing destructive fires. A firefighter fights these fires and prevents destruction of life, property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical profession which requires years of training and education in order to become
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firefighter (also called a fireman or firewoman, although these terms have gone out of use in many countries) is trained and equipped to extinguish fires. Increasingly a firefighter is also a rescuer, trained and equipped to rescue people from car accidents, collapsed
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A fire marshal, in the United States and Canada, is a member of a fire department responsible for investigating fires.
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A Fire Master is the highest ranking or commanding officer in a fire service in Scotland. It is the equivalent rank of Chief Fire Officer in England and Wales. Scotland is served by eight separate fire authorities - or fire and rescue services, each with its own Fire Master,
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A Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST), also known as a Rapid Intervention Team/Crew (RIT/RIC), is a team that comprises two or more firefighters dedicated solely to search and rescue of other firefighters in distress.
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Fire Police are Volunteer Fire Brigade/Company members who may also have sworn police powers. They receive special police training and are responsible for traffic control, crowd control, fire and incident scene security, apparatus security, and station security during calls for
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A smokejumper is a wildland firefighter that parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires.

Smokejumpers are most often deployed to fires that are extremely remote.
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Station Officer is a rank in a number of Commonwealth fire services, including those in Australia, the United Kingdom and the New Zealand Fire Service.

In Australia and New Zealand a Station Officer is either the single officer on a watch in a single-appliance station, with
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volunteer fire department (VFD) is an organization of firefighters who have joined forces to perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.
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The Fire Service College is responsible for providing leadership, management and advanced operational training courses for senior fire officers from the UK and foreign fire authorities. It is located at Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, England.
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fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus (i.e, fire engines and related vehicles), personal protective equipment, firehose, fire extinguishers, and other firefighting equipment.
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fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for fire in the wilderness.
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Bunker gear is a term used in many fire departments to refer to the system of outer protective clothing worn by firefighters, also commonly known as "turnout gear" or "structural gear".
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A fire chief's vehicle, also called a "chief unit" or a "fire chief's car" or a "fire car", is a car, truck, or SUV that is used by a fire chief at fire scenes. Its specialized markings clearly indicate the Chief's rank, often making it a focal point at a large emergency
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fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires, by transporting firefighters to the scene, and providing them with access, water or other equipment.
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A fire siren is another name for an air raid siren or outdoor warning siren used to summon volunteer firefighters for emergencies. While fire sirens were the primary means of alerting firefighters for many years, more modern means of notification have now been implemented to
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fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus (i.e, fire engines and related vehicles), personal protective equipment, firehose, fire extinguishers, and other firefighting equipment.
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A fire retardant is a substance that helps to delay or prevent combustion. Fire retardants are commonly used in fire fighting. Water is the most commonly used fire retardant, but the phrase typically refers to chemical retardants.
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fireman's switch located near a lift to reactivate individual lifts in order to use them to reach the affected floor (saves wear and tear on the firefighters in cases where there are no obvious signs of fire like smoke and flames).

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  • Fire service mode

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Flame retardants are materials that inhibit or resist the spread of fire. Naturally occurring substances such as asbestos as well as synthetic materials, usually halocarbons such as polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorendic acid
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heat detector is a device that detects heat and can be either electrical or mechanical in operation. The most common types are the thermocouple and the electro-pneumatic, both respond to changes in ambient temperature.
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A fire retardant material is one that is designed to resist burning and withstand heat. It is used in the bunker gear worn by firefighters to protect them from the flames in a burning building.
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Nomex (styled NOMEX) is a registered trademark for flame resistant meta-aramid material developed in the early 1960s by DuPont and first marketed in 1967. [1] The original use was for parachutes in the space program.
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siren is a loud noise maker. The original version would yield sounds under water, suggesting a link with the sirens of Greek mythology. Most modern ones are civil defense or "air raid" sirens, tornado sirens, or the sirens on emergency service vehicles such as ambulances, police
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