fire-extinguishers

A fire would be very hazardous, but there are fire-extinguishers.

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The National Transportation Safety Board urged action to lengthen hoses for such oxygen systems, including those installed on certain Boeing 757 and 767 models, so pilots can keep their masks on while retrieving fire-extinguishers stored at the rear of the cockpit.

Air Safety Board Urges Cockpit Changes Andy Pasztor 2011

After the blaze broke out, the captain used two portable fire-extinguishers to douse the flames.

Report Highlights Potential Perils of Boeing Windshields Andy Pasztor 2011

Mr. Clemens noticed then what we were about, and went over to the corner where there were some bottle fire-extinguishers.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

Earlier about 80 students, after a lunchtime meeting, marched around the campus, scattering litter, spraying fire-extinguishers and overturning tables, said Prof Charlton.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

· As a general precautionary measure, it is advisable to have a water reservoir, hose pipe and pump, and/or hand fire-extinguishers close by.

Chapter 6 1988

Rescue workers in aluminium asbestos suits, some operating giant wheeled fire-extinguishers, some armed with crowbars and axes, were trying desperately, for some reason wholly beyond the bounds of logic, to get sufficiently close to the car to drag the cindered corpse free, but the undiminished intensity of the flames made a mockery of their desperation.

The Way to Dusty Death MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1973

Turpentine vapor united with chlorine gas may not produce explosion, but by spreading flames almost instantly throughout the burning buildings, such burnings have practically equaled, if not excelled, explosions, which may sometimes be fire-extinguishers.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various

But the particular object of these remarks is to refer to articles of merchandise non-explosive under general conditions, but so in particular circumstances, as the two fire-extinguishers, water and salt, are explosive under given conditions.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various

There were several patent fire-extinguishers handy, for the Bird boys had had one experience with a conflagration that threatened to destroy their workshop, and with it their precious aeroplane, and they did not mean to be caught unprepared for such an emergency again.

The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck John Luther Langworthy