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Definitions for firefighting
fire·fight·ing
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Wiktionary
firefightingnoun
extinguishing a fire
firefightingnoun
the profession of being a firefighter
firefightingnoun
solving an urgent problem
Etymology: fire + fight
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Firefighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights fires to prevent loss of life, and/or destruction of 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.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
firefighting
1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. “Been hacking your new newsreader?” “No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires.” 2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a project, esp. to get it out before deadline. See also gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term firefighting connotes that the effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding features.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of firefighting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of firefighting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of firefighting in a Sentence
Today crews are working to remove the final few derailed cars from the right of way and proceed with repairs to the track, due to the bitter cold conditions and isolated location, safety and firefighting experts have allowed the remaining controlled fire at the core of the derailment to burn.
Unfortunately, aircraft are one of the riskiest parts of wildland firefighting.
We as a national firefighting community are spread very thin, we do reach out to internal employees, as a lot of those people do maintain some fire qualifications.
Incident Commander Carl Schwope:
Firefighters are fully engaged The Hermits Peak Fire have the whole suite of The Hermits Peak Fire firefighting forces available -- air resources, ground resources, intelligence resources.
There are numerous barriers, like sills, that would block a wheeled robot. In addition, a humanoid robot can use firefighting gear designed for humans, such as protective coats, backpack fire suppressants, hand-held sensors and hose nozzles.
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- Feuer bekämpfenGerman
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