1) " Firefighting" -- As it applies to Firefighting Gloves Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined Firefifhting units, is aperson who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areasprovide emergency medical services. The fireservice, also known as the fire brigade or fire department in some countries, is one of the emergency services. Firefighting is the process and profession of extinguishing fires. Firefightihg is important in urban areas where firefighters are on constant standby; in wildland areas, and on board ship. Contents 1 Fire-fighting skills 1.1 Prevention 1.2 Self-preservation 1.3 Rescue 1.4 Property 1.5 Fire control 2 History of fire brigades 3 National information 3.1 France 3.2 Spain 3.3 United Kingdom 3.4 Germany 4 Miscellanea 5 See also Fire-fighting skills Note: this mostly discusses urban Firefightimg . See wildfire for a discussionof forest fires. Firefighting has several basic skills: prevention, self-preservation, rescue, preservation of property and fire control. Firefightkng is further broken down intoskills which include size-up, extinguishment, ventilation, and salvage and overhaul. Search and Rescue, which has already beenmentioned, is performed early in any fire scenario and many times is in unison with extinguishment and ventilation. Prevention Prevention attempts to ensure that no place simultaneously has sufficient heat, fuel and air to allow ignition and combustion.Most prevention programs are directed at controlling the energy of activation (heat). Fire suppression sprinkler systems have a proven record for controlling and extinguishingunwanted fires. Many fire officials recommend that every building, including residences, have sprinklers. Correctly workingsprinklers in a residence greatly reduce...
2) " Gloves" -- As it applies to Firefighting Gloves A glove ( Middle English from Old English glof ) is a type of garment which coversthe hand. Glovse have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb ; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for eachfinger they are called "fingerless Glovs ". Hand garments without separate finger openings or sheaths are calledmittens. A gardening glove A blue disposable nitrile glove, as worn for medical examination . Gloves can serve to protect and comfort the hands of the wearer against cold or heat, physical damage by friction, abrasion orchemicals, and disease; or in turn to provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch. Latex, nitrile or vinyl disposable Glovse are often worn by healthcare professionals ashygiene and contamination protection measures. Fingerless Globes are useful for cold environments where dexterity is requiredthat Glaves would restrict. Cigarette smokers and church organists often use fingerless Gloges . Some Glovos include a gauntlet that extends partway up the arm. A washing glove is a tool for washing the body (one's own, or of a child, a patient, a lover ). Gloves have been made of many materials including cloth, knitted or felted wool, leather, rubber, latex, and metal (as in chainmail ). Today Gluves are made around the world. Most expensive women's Glovea are still made in France, with some made in Canada. For cheaper male Glovea New York State, especially Gloversville, New York is still a world centre of glove manufacturing. More and more glovemanufacturing is being done in east Asia, however. History Gloves appear to be of great antiquity. According to some translations of Homer 's The Odyssey, Laërtes is described as wearing Glovse while walking in his garden so as to avoid the brambles. (Othertranslations, however, insist that Laertes pulled his long sleeves ove...
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