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monitors and long-throw foam nozzles (usually called a bulk water carrier or bulk water tanker). Several areas also own converted semi-trailer fuel tankers, capable of holding many thousands of liters of petrol, foam or other retardant. These are most often used in severe HazMat situations, such as oil refinery fires or fuel tanker accidents, where a large and continuous volume of water is needed.
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Australian water tender can range from a standard but modified fire engine, with a larger-than-usual capacity and off-road capability for rural fire fighting and bushfire operations (commonly called a tanker or bushfire tanker), to a water tender equipped with specialty equipment such as fixed
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A water tender typically carries some fire fighting equipment. There are various national standards and recommendations on equipment to be carried on water tenders. Some water tenders may carry various kinds of
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Automotive Fire Apparatus, Chapter 7: Mobile Water Supply Fire Apparatus. 2003 edition. National Fire Protection Association.
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Automotive Fire Apparatus, Chapter 7: Mobile Water Supply Fire Apparatus. 2003 edition. National Fire Protection Association.
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International Fire Tankers, www.amthorinternational.com, retrieved April the 28th, 2007
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564:Airport crash tender
463:Retained firefighter
246:Fire command vehicle
120:German Fire Services
23:. For aircraft, see
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906:Stop, drop and roll
896:Multiple-alarm fire
763:Portable water tank
672:Fire proximity suit
266:Portable water tank
175:portable water tank
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748:New York roof hook
599:Light and air unit
536:Fire lookout tower
443:Chief fire officer
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187:fire extinguishers
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856:Fire control
821:Chimney fire
707:Halligan bar
682:Fire shelter
667:Fire hydrant
642:Fire blanket
637:Escape chair
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541:Fire station
468:Fire marshal
448:Fire captain
422:Firefighting
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1186:Smokejumper
1043:and tactics
921:Ventilation
861:Fire safety
846:False alarm
803:Terminology
753:PASS device
727:Hose bridge
717:Hazmat suit
652:Fire bucket
632:Bunker gear
574:Fire engine
519:Drill tower
473:Fire police
183:flashlights
144:fire engine
140:fire engine
128:fire engine
94:fire engine
82:fire engine
21:watertender
1232:Washington
1227:California
1095:Fire trail
1041:Equipment
881:Flash fire
851:Fire class
831:Deluge gun
768:Rotary saw
738:Kelly tool
702:Fog nozzle
546:Hose tower
512:Facilities
453:Fire chief
301:Tarvasjoki
272:References
104:standards.
25:air tanker
1212:Australia
1159:Personnel
1120:Hose pack
1100:Firebreak
1080:Fire rake
1070:Fire hose
1060:Driptorch
1012:Wildfires
942:Fire camp
886:Flashover
816:Barn fire
811:Backdraft
662:Fire hose
624:Equipment
556:Apparatus
358:NFPA 1901
152:wildfires
148:accidents
1363:Category
1323:Glossary
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1176:Helitack
1171:Handcrew
901:Rollover
876:Firewall
584:Fireboat
483:Handcrew
261:Fireboat
224:See also
1347:Outline
1311:Commons
1222:History
1135:Pulaski
1020:General
758:The pig
346:Finland
342:Kittilä
338:gallons
330:gallons
322:Example
71:hydrant
61:from a
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987:Muster
334:litres
326:litres
112:Unimog
63:stream
1335:Index
1243:Lists
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783:Siren
743:Nomex
604:Quint
171:hoses
136:rural
55:water
529:list
212:and
193:, a
189:, a
179:axes
86:pump
78:hose
67:lake
69:or
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