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equipment varies from fire district to fire district based on the need for fast response, the distance that members live from the fire station, the size and amount of other traffic in the fire district as well as local and state law. Some departments restrict or prohibit the use of such emergency lights, even when allowed by state law, due to the
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incidents. The NSWRFS is the volunteer firefighting service in NSW and consists of over 70,000 volunteers and has responsibility for over 90% of the land area in NSW. Although most of this is bush and grassland, the NSWRFS also serves smaller and regional communities that are not covered by Fire and
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of traffic accidents involving volunteers responding in emergency mode. In some states, volunteer firefighters and EMTs are eligible to receive specialty license plates for personal vehicles that identify them as trained emergency services personnel.
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830:liaison.
814:, and as
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610:in 1968.
493:Nicaragua
487:Nicaragua
420:Indonesia
414:Indonesia
239:Germany's
170:Australia
154:Argentina
150:in 6 AD.
48:talk page
2430:Glossary
2406:Category
2375:See also
2283:Helitack
2278:Handcrew
2008:Rollover
1983:Firewall
1691:Fireboat
1590:Handcrew
1266:April 2,
1240:April 2,
1208:April 2,
1182:April 2,
1155:April 2,
1097:Archived
959:See also
903:Training
561:Slovenia
517:bomberos
378:Helsinki
374:Puistola
351:Naissaar
42:You may
2454:Outline
2418:Commons
2329:History
2242:Pulaski
2127:General
1865:The pig
1438:July 3,
1176:Maaleht
1039:crfr.us
760:removed
745:sources
711:Germany
578:In the
515:Peru's
385:Finland
364:Finland
327:Estonia
321:Estonia
303:Croatia
160:La Boca
144:Vigiles
103:) is a
2232:McLeod
2094:Muster
864:radios
860:pagers
655:, and
543:Polish
533:Poland
457:Israel
451:Israel
408:France
402:France
355:Abruka
279:Canada
189:HAZMAT
185:HAZMAT
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2350:Lists
1948:Draft
1890:Siren
1850:Nomex
1711:Quint
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852:9-1-1
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293:Chile
288:Chile
205:DEWLP
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1636:list
1466:2013
1440:2017
1381:2012
1342:2023
1294:2008
1268:2022
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1046:2016
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743:any
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471:The
854:or
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