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firefighting

firefighting

See also: fire fighting

English

Alternative forms

fire fighting

Noun

firefighting ‎(uncountable)

(firefighting) extinguishing a fire
the profession of being a firefighter
(by extension) solving an urgent problem

Translations

action of extinguishing a fire

Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防 (zh) ‎(xiāofáng)
Finnish: tulipalon sammuttaminen (fi)
French: lutte contre l’incendie (fr) f
German: Brandbekämpfung (de) f
Irish: múchadh dóiteáin m

Japanese: 消防 (ja) ‎(shōbō)
Korean: 소방 (ko) ‎(sobang)
Portuguese: extinção de incêndio/incêndios f
Russian: пожаротуше́ние (ru) n ‎(požarotušénije)
Swedish: brandbekämpning c

profession

Finnish: palontorjunta, palokuntalaisuus