He says firefighting is a feast or famine job.
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Firefighting
Synonyms for "firefighting" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 22 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- brandweer noun (profession)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 消防 noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Dutch
1 entries- brandweer noun (profession)
Finnish
3 entries- palokuntalaisuus noun (profession)
- palontorjunta noun (profession)
- tulipalon sammuttaminen noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
French
1 entries- lutte contre l’incendie noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
German
1 entries- Brandbekämpfung noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Greek
1 entries- πυρόσβεση noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kinai ahi noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Hebrew
1 entries- כבאות noun (profession)
Hindi
2 entries- अग्निशमन noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
- अग्निशामक noun (profession)
Irish
2 entries- múchadh dóiteáin noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
- smachtú dóiteáin noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Japanese
1 entries- 消防 noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Korean
1 entries- 소방 noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Macedonian
2 entries- гаснење пожар noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
- пожарникарство noun (profession)
Malayalam
1 entries- അഗ്നിശമനം noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Portuguese
1 entries- extinção de incêndio/incêndios noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Russian
1 entries- пожаротуше́ние noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Swedish
1 entries- brandbekämpning noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Tibetan
1 entries- མེ་གསོད noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
Turkish
2 entries- itfaiyecilik noun (profession)
- yangıncılık noun (profession)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chữa cháy noun (action of extinguishing a fire)
West-Frisian
2 entries- brânwacht noun (profession)
- brânwar noun (profession)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Firefighting in Australia is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
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The K-MAX chopper is the largest of several remotely piloted firefighting aircraft to get a tryout this year for firefighting duty.
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I worked for a firefighting company.
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