Sentence examples for use of firefighting from inspiring English sources

That count includes ground crews, air squads, fire engine personnel, and an army of supervisors and support personnel, said Neil Hitchcock, a federal fire manager who coordinates the use of firefighting resources.

Fire suppression – involving the sophisticated use of firefighting vehicles to suppress fires soon after they start – is the most common form of fire management in Mediterranean ecosystems.

There are significant nonatmospheric sources of PFOS to river water, such as the use of firefighting foam.

For instance, the COHIBA project estimated that other sources besides WWTP effluent (largely the use of firefighting foams on land) result in emissions of 160 kg/year PFOS and 330 kg/year PFOA to the Baltic Sea watershed.

Evergreen 747 Supertanker – A Boeing 747-200 modified as an aerial application platform for fire fighting using 20000 USgal of firefighting chemicals.

The use of the major firefighting technique of the time, the creation of firebreaks by means of demolition, was critically delayed owing to the indecisiveness of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Bloodworth.

While the starboard turbine was knocked out by shock damage and two of the boilers were disabled after being contaminated by salt water used for firefighting, the battleship was still capable of steaming within Kaafjord.

Hundreds of homes were damaged, and in a rare move, Israel called up military reservists to join overstretched police and firefighters and made use of an international fleet of firefighting aircraft sent by several countries.

"It was Bobs -- as he was researching the history of agricultural airplanes -- who discovered that these planes had also been used for firefighting.

According to a BC Forest Service newsletter, helicopters were first used for firefighting in BC in 1956.

The Forest Service is using a mix of off-the-shelf software and custom apps tailored to the needs of firefighting.