Outline of firefighting
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to firefighting:
Firefighting – act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights these fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment. Firefighting is a highly technical skill that requires professionals who have spent years training in both general firefighting techniques and specialized areas of expertise.
Essence of firefighting
Types of uncontrolled fires
- fire on board
- Firestorm
- Structure fire
- Wildfire
Firefighting organizations
Agencies
Fire departments
Unions and professional associations
- Chief Fire Officers Association
- Fire Brigades Union
- Institution of Fire Engineers
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union
- United Firefighters Union of Australia
- UK firefighter dispute 2002-2003
- Southern African Emergency Services Institute - South Africa
Museums
Training establishments
History of firefighting
General firefighting concepts
- Airport Crash Tender
- Advanced life support
- Arson
- Backdraft
- Basic life support
- Burn
- Bunker gear
- Combustion
- Dead Man Zone
- Deluge gun
- Dispatcher
- Draft
- Dry riser
- Dry Standpipe
- Emergency medical services
- Emergency medical technician
- Emergency service
- Enhanced 911
- Evacuation
- Fire apparatus
- Fireboat
- Fire chief's vehicle
- Fire code
- Fire classes
- Fire control
- Fire department
- Fire engine
- Firefighter
- Firefighter Assist and Search Team
- Firefighting worldwide
- Fire hazard
- Fire siren
- Fireman's switch
- Fire hydrant
- Fire inspector
- Fire lookout tower
- Fireman's carry
- Fire Marshal
- Fire Master
- Fire point
- Fire police
- Fire protection
- Fire-retardant material
- Fire safety
- Fire Service College
- Fire station
- Fire tetrahedron
- Fire triangle
- Fire truck
- Firefighter's Combat Challenge
- Firewall
- First aid
- First Responder
- Flash fire
- Flash point
- Flashover
- Forcible entry
- Gaseous fire suppression
- Heat detector
- Immolation
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- International Firefighters' Day
- London Fire Brigade Museum
- Master stream
- National Fire Incident Reporting System
- Nomex
- Paramedic
- Self contained breathing apparatus
- Short circuit
- Siren
- Smoke detector
- Smoke inhalation
- Smokejumper
- Splash suit
- Station Officer
- Stop, drop and roll
- Structure fire
- Super Scooper
- Two-in, two-out
- Uncontrolled fire
- Ventilation
- Volunteer fire department
- Water tender
- Wetdown
- Wildfire
- World Police and Fire Games
Policy and legislation
- Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
- Fire authority
- Fire Brigades Act 1938
- Fire Services Act 1947
- Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
- Fire service in the United Kingdom
- Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland
- History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
- Independent Review of the Fire Service
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Operational command and procedures
Firefighting lists
See also
External links
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