Definitions for Firefighting
fire·fight·ing

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1. firefightingnoun

   extinguishing a fire

2. firefightingnoun

   the profession of being a firefighter

3. firefightingnoun

   solving an urgent problem

4. Etymology: fire + fight

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1. 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.

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1. 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.

How to pronounce Firefighting?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Zira

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How to say Firefighting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Firefighting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Firefighting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Firefighting in a Sentence

1. Randy Eardley:

   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.

2. Eric Kennedy:

   Unfortunately, aircraft are one of the riskiest parts of wildland firefighting.

3. Zin Eddine Dadach:

   A long term vision is about prevention and planning while a short term vision is for cure and firefighting

4. Courtney Coats:

   That’s definitely not going to help the firefighting efforts.

5. Clayton Jordan:

   Our primary focus is on protection of the communities and always will be, and that's where most of the firefighting efforts are focused.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Firefighting
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Firefighting
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Firefighting