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high pressure fog

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Small capacity spray jet produced at very high pressures (greater than 250 psi, the normal maximum pressure for standard ground tankers) and discharged through a small hose with a gun-type nozzle.

flapper

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Fire suppression tool, sometimes improvised, used in direct attack for smothering out flames along a fire edge; may consist merely of a green pine bough or wet sacking, or be a manufactured tool such as a flap of belting fabric fastened to a long handle.

fire swatter

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A fire tool that consists of a thick, flat piece of rubber on a long handle used to drag over or smother out flames of grass fires.

rural fire protection

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Fire protection and firefighting problems that are outside of areas under municipal fire prevention and building regulations and that are usually remote from public water supplies.

mathematical model

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A model that is a quantitative and mathematical representation or simulation which attempts to describe the characteristics or relationship of physical events.

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