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firefighting

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fire·fight·er also fire fighter  (frftr)
n.
A member of a fire department who fights fires.
firefighting adj. & n.
firefighting [ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtɪŋ]
n
1. (Business / Professions)
a.  the occupation of attempting to control and extinguish fires
b.  (as modifier) firefighting equipment
2. the practice of reacting to urgent problems as they arise, as opposed to planning for the future
Translations
firefighting [ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtɪŋ]
A. N → lucha f por apagar incendios
B. CPD firefighting equipment N → equipo m contra incendios
firefighting fire fighting, fire-fighting [ˈfaɪərfaɪtɪŋ] n
(= dealing with fires) → lutte f contre les incendies
(fig) (= dealing with urgent problems) → gestion f de crise
fire-fighting firefighting [ˈfaɪərfaɪtɪŋ] modif [equipment, team] → de lutte contre les incendies


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Photo: (1 -- color) A tanker-based crew member fills retardant in a P2V Nepture firefighting tanker Wednesday at Fox Field in Lancaster to make a drop on the Day Fire in Los Padres National Forest.
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The institutional history of firefighting is well known, typically encompassing the fluorescence of volunteer firefighting companies in the antebellum period, their eclipse by paid departments after the Civil War, and their further professionalization during the Progressive Era.
Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950 by McCrossen, Alexis / Journal of Social History
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