Word: waterer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Subways, too, are prone to fire. Underground water systems blow manhole covers 50 feet into...
Within two minutes, three engines full of water and two ladder trucks packed with prongs and hooks cluttered Winthrop, JFK and Dunster Streets...
...Dasgupta says. Fifty percent of the grading is based on the fire department itself, 10 percent on the fire department's communication abilities (the time it takes for a dispatcher to send the closest fire company to the emergency), and 40 percent on how the city copes with high water demand in a crisis...
Good departments run an aggregate of water-pumping engines--the front line of defense, first to the fire. The engines are backed up by the trucks, whose firefighters rescue trapped people and ventilate fire buildings. For cities with special needs--say, a large chemical-spewing plant near a residential area--apparatus and personnel trained to handle hazards...
Schnur described the Vice President as dedicated, knowledgeable, and "incredibly principled." In Malaysia, for example, Gore gave a speech on human rights even though it landed him in political deep water, Schnur said...