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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E10544, Berlin baut Luftschutz aus.jpg | thumb | German citizens practice the use of a bucket brigade, in Berlin, in September 1939.]] | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E10544, Berlin baut Luftschutz aus.jpg | thumb | German citizens practice the use of a bucket brigade, in Berlin, in September 1939.]] | ||
The '''bucket brigade''' is the term for a labor intensive firefighting technique employed when sophisticated firefighting equipment is unavailable.<ref name=FromBucket/> | The '''bucket brigade''' is the term for a labor intensive firefighting technique employed when sophisticated firefighting equipment is unavailable.<ref name=FromBucket/><ref name=cityworksHydrants2021-05-10/> | ||
The technique requires individuals fighting the fire to form a line from a source of water to the fire.<ref name=FromBucket/> The individual beside the source of water fills a [[bucket]] with water, and passes it to the individual next to him or her, where it is subsequently passed all the way down the line to the individual next to the fire. The individual next to the fire then throws the water on the fire. | The technique requires individuals fighting the fire to form a line from a source of water to the fire.<ref name=FromBucket/> The individual beside the source of water fills a [[bucket]] with water, and passes it to the individual next to him or her, where it is subsequently passed all the way down the line to the individual next to the fire. The individual next to the fire then throws the water on the fire. | ||
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| url = | | url = https://www.cityworks.com/blog/6-fun-facts-about-fire-hydrants/ | ||
| title = | | title = 6 Fun Facts About Fire Hydrants | ||
| work = | | work = [[Cityworks]] | ||
| date = 2021-05-10 | |||
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| quote = | | quote = Before the onset of modern water systems and hydrants, it was common practice to employ bucket brigades to put out fires. Bucket brigades were created by forming a human chain and passing buckets of water from person to person, until the water reached the fire. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 8 December 2023
The bucket brigade is the term for a labor intensive firefighting technique employed when sophisticated firefighting equipment is unavailable.[1][2]
The technique requires individuals fighting the fire to form a line from a source of water to the fire.[1] The individual beside the source of water fills a bucket with water, and passes it to the individual next to him or her, where it is subsequently passed all the way down the line to the individual next to the fire. The individual next to the fire then throws the water on the fire.
If there are enough people a second line may be devoted to passing the empty buckets back to the individual next to the source of water.[1]
According to Herbert Jenness, author of a book on the history of firefighting in the United States, in early America, through the “well-directed work of one cool-headed man with a single pail of water,” a fire could be extinguished before it got a chance to be established.[1][3] Fire-prone areas would have a full bucket of water hanging in a convenient location, so a cool-headed person could throw promptly throw that first bucket of water, when they first discovered a fire. If that first bucket was insufficient nearby volunteers could bring the buckets hanging near their work, to start that bucket brigade.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Herbert Theodore Jenness (2023). Bucket Brigade to Flying Squadron: Fire Fighting Past and Present. LEGARE STREET Press. ISBN 9781021649386. Retrieved on 2023-12-08.
- ↑ 6 Fun Facts About Fire Hydrants, Cityworks, 2021-05-10. Retrieved on 2023-12-08. “Before the onset of modern water systems and hydrants, it was common practice to employ bucket brigades to put out fires. Bucket brigades were created by forming a human chain and passing buckets of water from person to person, until the water reached the fire.”
- ↑ The Fire Bucket • A Part of Fire Service History, Fire Fighters Association of Missouri, 2021-11-20. Retrieved on 2023-12-08.