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Wiktionary

  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.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  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.

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  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. Patrick Waldron:

    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.

  2. Emmanuel Macron:

    [ Its ] help we didnt ask for. The G-7 help was decided without Brazil. AMAZON WILDFIRES GET SOME HELP FROM US FIREFIGHTING PLANE At the G-7 summit on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the Amazon, while mostly in Brazil, is a worldwide issue, and thatthe world can not allow Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to ruin the entire globe. We respect your sovereignty. Its your country.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Stephen Bomar:

    Although the Chinooks have been deployed, the Oregon Department of Forestry is currently at capacity with more than 40 overall aviation assets. We have been utilizing Blackhawk helicopters to assist in firefighting efforts since Governor Brown declared a state of emergency due to heightened wildfire weather conditions on August 19, we now have eight Blackhawks available, six dedicated to Bambi bucket water drop operations, and two available for search and rescue. We also currently have two UH-72 Lakotas assisting officials with fire mapping to keep track of the fires.

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