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What did people use to stop a fire and a tornado in the 1800s?
People stopped fires in the 1800s by dousing them with water. They didn't use anything to stop tornadoes because that is impossible.
How did people fight fires in the 1860's?
In the 1860s, people fought fires mostly by forming bucket brigades where individuals passed buckets of water to one another to extinguish the flames. Some cities had volunteer fire departments with hand-pumped fire engines that sprayed water. Buildings were often made of wood, so firefighting was challenging and fires could easily spread.
What is the collective noun for bucket?
There's no specific collective noun for the word bucket. Buckets can be in a group, a collection, a stack, or a supply.However, one term you may have heard is bucket brigade. This does not apply to the buckets themselves; it refers to a group of people passing a number of buckets by hand, filled with either water (for putting out fires) or sand (for holding back a flood). That being said, a brigade of buckets is as good a collective noun as any.
How do you put out the fires in the Christmas Quest in RuneScape 2009?
use buckets on the fountain and do the pattern but the pattern is different for everybody
How did people make light 200 years ago?
Prior to the discovery and application of electrical current in the late 1800s, most people used candles or larger fires as the sources of artificial light.
What is the value of a Forehand Arms Co pistol dated in the 1800s that still fires?
50-100 USD
What Methods were used to Protect Child Workers in the Industrial Revolution?
The methods that were used was buckets of dirt to put out fires since they didnt have fire extiguishers yet.
Why do people light fires?
Most people light fires for warmth. Others do it for desctruction, and those people are called arsonists.
What kinds of jobs protect people from forest fires?
anybody can stop or save people from forest fires
What is the difference between a modern gatling gun and an older version one from the 1800s?
The present day Gatling gun fires a more powerful cartridge, and fires much faster. The 1800s gun was hand cranked, the present day version is powered by an electric motor. One modern Gatling gun is the GAU-8 gun on the A-10 Warthog aircraft- the gun is about as big as a Volkswagen, and fires a 30mm bullet that shoots through tanks.
What sort of equipment did Robin Hood use?
The most famous part of Robin Hood's equipment was his bow and arrows and a staff. But he also would have used:axeknifeswordshoesclothinghorse and riding equipmentropesflints (to start fires)buckets
Do firefighters put out fires?
Firefighter's job is to put out fires and to rescue people.
