Definitions

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  • noun firefighting extinguishing a fire
  • noun the profession of being a firefighter
  • noun by extension solving an urgent problem

Etymologies

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fire + fight

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Examples

  • Yes | No | Report from combat. medic wrote 3 weeks 3 days ago wow ... as I read all these posts, I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the figure eight -- the only knot used for life safety in firefighting!!! as for everyone who said that a bowline won't slip -- bull. all it takes is a load shift, and it can slip out.

    what is the most imprtiant knot when it comes to survival? 2009

  • A Coast Guard official testified Monday that the Coast Guard didn't take an active role in firefighting as the rig burned.

    Oil spill hearings focus on who was in charge after the blast Joel Achenbach 2010

  • Yes | No | Report from combat. medic wrote 3 weeks 3 days ago wow ... as I read all these posts, I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the figure eight -- the only knot used for life safety in firefighting!!! as for everyone who said that a bowline won't slip -- bull. all it takes is a load shift, and it can slip out.

    what is the most imprtiant knot when it comes to survival? 2009

  • Far more detail on the fatal hazards of firefighting is available from the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

    Living in Dryden: Editorial on firefighters 2004

  • Far more detail on the fatal hazards of firefighting is available from the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

    Living in Dryden: February 2004 Archives 2004

  • The treesitters were driven out by the forest fires started by the Summer Solstice lightning storm -- they called the firefighting command center, said Farmer, to alert them that they'd put in a "ropes course" out there.

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • The treesitters were driven out by the forest fires started by the Summer Solstice lightning storm -- they called the firefighting command center, said Farmer, to alert them that they'd put in a "ropes course" out there.

    North Coast Journal Comments 2010

  • The treesitters were driven out by the forest fires started by the Summer Solstice lightning storm -- they called the firefighting command center, said Farmer, to alert them that they'd put in a "ropes course" out there.

    North Coast Journal Comments 2008

  • You'll recall the firefighting supertanker responded to another South Bay fire last week above Cupertino and helped contain that fire to 150 acres even though initial attack brass suggested that one could go to 3,000 acres.

    Lick Fire In Henry Coe State Park 2007

  • You'll recall the firefighting supertanker responded to another South Bay fire last week above Cupertino and helped contain that fire to 150 acres even though initial attack brass suggested that one could go to 3,000 acres.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

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