The massive, boxy emergency vehicles are also outfitted with all manners of fire fighting equipment, which often includes building-scaling ladders and hoses to pump water from both onboard ...

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Volunteer firefighters in Tataskweyak Cree Nation have turned to buckets to fight fires due to the lack of running water in parts of the community. "We use water [in buckets] to put out the fire ...

Stuyvesant and his Municipal Council of Burgomasters and schepens framed an ordinance providing for 150 leathern fire buckets, and the formation of the "Rattle Watch" to protect the streets at night.

A woman has told of her heartbreak after her 'fabulous' elderly mum died trying to put out a house fire with a bucket of water. Christine Hiscock was confirmed dead at the scene after becoming ...

Video from Dave Welsh According to the United States Forest Service, smaller helicopters typically carry and deliver water buckets or fire retardant to the fireline of wildfires. As seen in the ...