FIRE FIGHTER, CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE

  

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FIRE FIGHTER, CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE

Specialty Definition: FIRE FIGHTER, CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE

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Responds to actual or potential air-crash emergencies to prevent or extinguish fires and rescue plane crew and passengers: Drives to scene of crash or to end of runway where distressed craft is expected to land. Sprays chemical foam onto runway surface to minimize danger of fire and explosion on impact, and water fog or chemical agents onto craft after landing. Participates in removal of trapped or injured crewmembers and passengers, using flame-cutting equipment if necessary to gain entry to damaged craft. Renders first aid to injured. Establishes firelines to prevent unauthorized persons from entering crash area. May participate in removal or neutralization of explosive ordnance material when military aircraft is involved. May deactivate aircraft electrical power to prevent fires or explosions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FIRE FIGHTER, CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 49 52 45      46 49 47 48 54 45 52 2C      43 52 41 53 48 2C      46 49 52 45 2C      41 4E 44      52 45 53 43 55 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000011 01010010 01000001 01010011 01001000 00101100 00100000 01000110 01001001 01010010 01000101 00101100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01000011 01010101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#73 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#70 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#67 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#72 &#44 &#32 &#70 &#73 &#82 &#69 &#44 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#67 &#85 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0049 0052 0045      0046 0049 0047 0048 0054 0045 0052 002C      0043 0052 0041 0053 0048 002C      0046 0049 0052 0045 002C      0041 004E 0044      0052 0045 0053 0043 0055 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

404352392404341425439521423752355342142404352391423548382523953375539

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