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Definition: Fire Watcher |
Fire WatcherNoun1. (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Inspects premises of industrial plant to detect and eliminate fire hazards: Inspects fire-extinguishing and fire-protection equipment to ensure equipment is operable and prepares reports listing repairs and replacements needed. Patrols plant areas and notes and investigates unsafe conditions and practices which might cause or increase fire hazards. Reports findings to FIRE MARSHAL (any industry) with recommendations for eliminating or counteracting hazards. Renders first aid in emergencies. Patrols plant areas in which raw and combustible materials are stored, takes temperature and pressure readings from instruments, and reports undesirable conditions or takes steps to correct such conditions. May instruct employees in fire safety practices. May perform tests on fire-prevention equipment in plants where explosive or flammable materials are processed. May participate in fighting fires [FIRE FIGHTER (any industry)]. (references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-h-i-r-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: firewater, whiteface. | |
-3 letters: aetheric, chertier, craftier, earthier, heartier, hetaeric, waterier, witherer, wrathier. | |
-4 letters: aircrew, caterer, charier, charter, cheater, chewier, chiefer, cirrate, erethic, erratic, etheric, farther, feather, ferrate, ferrite, fetcher, fiercer, fitchee, fitchew, hectare, heftier, heretic, reacher, rechart, recheat, reciter, recrate, refract, reteach, retrace, rewrite, teacher, tearier, techier, terefah, terrace, theriac, thewier, wartier, watcher. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 72 65 57 61 74 63 68 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01010111 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i r e   W a t c h e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 0072 0065 0057 0061 0074 0063 0068 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40758471257678669747184 |
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