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RAPATTACK [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

A method of initial attack whereby firefighters are transported to the fire in a specially-equipped helicopter, from which they descend during a hover by means of rappelling down a rope fitted with a mechanical device to control the rate of descent.

OBS

In this way fire crews can be transported to fires which would otherwise pose difficult access problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Mode d'attaque initiale où les pompiers forestiers sont transportés au site d'un incendie dans un hélicoptère spécialement équipé, duquel ils descendent en rappel à l'aide d'un mécanisme qui contrôle la vitesse de descente.

OBS

Les équipes peuvent ainsi se rendre à des lieux qu'elles ne pourraient atteindre autrement.

Spanish

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