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FIRE BROOM [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
CONT

With water-filled tanker trucks or a simple fire broom (a birch broom or piece of rubber or wire netting attached to a long handle used to extinguish brush fires), they battle the blaze until they put it out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
CONT

Les soldats combattent l'incendie à l'aide de camions-citernes à eau ou d'un simple balai à feu (fabriqué de bouleau ou d'un morceau de caoutchouc ou encore de fils métalliques fixés à un long manche et qui sert à éteindre les feux de broussailles) jusqu'à ce qu'ils parviennent à l'éteindre.

Spanish

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