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Uncover the history and dangers of firefighting at the New York City Fire Museum

Firefighting on water and land in Venice

London Fire Brigade

Know about Phoenix RapidFire, a computer program used by Australian firefighters to predict the path of wildfires

fire fighter spraying foam

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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017

What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army

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Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics

10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

firefighting: Media

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Uncover the history and dangers of firefighting at the New York City Fire Museum

Uncover the history and dangers of firefighting at the New York City Fire Museum

A discussion of the history and danger of firefighting, from the documentary Trial...

Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Firefighting on water and land in Venice

Firefighting on water and land in Venice

Learn about the unique challenges faced by the fire brigade of Venice.

Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Know about Phoenix RapidFire, a computer program used by Australian firefighters to predict the path of wildfires

Know about Phoenix RapidFire, a computer program used by Australian firefighters to predict the path of wildfires

Learn about a computer program used by Australian firefighters to predict the paths...

Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

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fire fighting

Aircraft fire-fighting training aboard the USS John F. Kennedy, 2006.

Tommy Gilligan, U.S. Navy/American Forces Information Service

London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade

A firefighting device, featuring a turntable ladder, once used by the London Fire...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

fire fighter spraying foam

fire fighter spraying foam

A fire fighter using foam to extinguish burning tires.

© BORTEL Pavel/Shutterstock.com

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