Thursday, January 13, 2011

Firefighting Supplies

Firefighting supplies comprise all items, products, tools and equipments that are used during and after firefighting operations. Firefighting supplies include fire alarm, fire alarm control panel, fire blanket, fire extinguisher, fire extinguisher powder, fire hose, fire hydrant, fire suit, firefighting equipment, heat detector, lightning rod and smoke detector and other firefighting supplies. A number of firefighting equipments and fire extinguishers are used during firefighting. Common examples of firefighting equipments are carbon flash hoods, climbing helmets, face mask, hand tools (including hydraulic rescue tools, flashlight, flat-head axe, pike pole, pick-head axe, Halligan bar, spanner wrench, cutters edge etc.), helmet, visor, Nomex, PASS (personal alert safety system device), PPE (personal protective equipments), bunker gear, safety boots, safety gloves, SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus), and thermal imaging camera etc. FSES (fire safety evaluation system) is also used all over the world in order to evaluate buildings' fire protection and safety. Firefighting supplies also include firefighting vehicles and attached units. Vehicles are also very important for firefighting. Examples of firefighting units and vehicles include dive or marine rescue unit, fire investigation unit, fire police unit, fire trucks, hovercraft, hydro-copters, operational support unit, rescue and firefighting robot, rigid-hulled inflatable boats, squad/utility unit and tracked vehicle as well. 

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