The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to firefighting:
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Firefighting – act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights these fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical skill that requires professionals who have spent years training in both general firefighting techniques and specialized areas of expertise.
Essence of firefighting
Types of uncontrolled fires
- fire on board
- Firestorm
- Structure fire
- Wildfire
Firefighting organizations
Agencies
Fire departments
Unions and professional associations
- Chief Fire Officers Association
- Fire Brigades Union
- Institution of Fire Engineers
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union
- United Firefighters Union of Australia
- UK firefighter dispute 2002-2003
- Southern African Emergency Services Institute - South Africa
Museums
Training establishments
History of firefighting
General firefighting concepts
- Airport Crash Tender
- Advanced life support
- Arson
- Backdraft
- Basic life support
- Burn
- Bunker gear
- Combustion
- Dead Man Zone
- Deluge gun
- Dispatcher
- Draft
- Dry riser
- Dry Standpipe
- Emergency medical services
- Emergency medical technician
- Emergency service
- Enhanced 911
- Evacuation
- Fire apparatus
- Fireboat
- Fire chief's vehicle
- Fire code
- Fire classes
- Fire control
- Fire department
- Fire engine
- Firefighter
- Firefighter Assist and Search Team
- Firefighting worldwide
- Fire hazard
- Fire siren
- Fireman's switch
- Fire hydrant
- Fire inspector
- Fire lookout tower
- Fireman's carry
- Fire Marshal
- Fire Master
- Fire point
- Fire police
- Fire protection
- Fire-retardant material
- Fire safety
- Fire Service College
- Fire station
- Fire tetrahedron
- Fire triangle
- Fire truck
- Firefighter's Combat Challenge
- Firewall
- First aid
- First Responder
- Flash fire
- Flash point
- Flashover
- Forcible entry
- Gaseous fire suppression
- Heat detector
- Immolation
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- International Firefighters' Day
- London Fire Brigade Museum
- Master stream
- National Fire Incident Reporting System
- Nomex
- Paramedic
- Self contained breathing apparatus
- Short circuit
- Siren
- Smoke detector
- Smoke inhalation
- Smokejumper
- Splash suit
- Station Officer
- Stop, drop and roll
- Structure fire
- Super Scooper
- Two-in, two-out
- Uncontrolled fire
- Ventilation
- Volunteer fire department
- Water tender
- Wetdown
- Wildfire
- World Police and Fire Games
Policy and legislation
- Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
- Fire authority
- Fire Brigades Act 1938
- Fire Services Act 1947
- Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
- Fire service in the United Kingdom
- Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland
- History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
- Independent Review of the Fire Service
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Operational command and procedures
Firefighting lists
See also
External links
Firefighting at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
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