Dragging heavy fire hoses along the ground is never easy, but dragging fire hoses across ice?
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The conditions can lead to water from fire hoses turning into huge amounts of steam which then scalds firefighters.
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Crews were trying to make the scene safe Wednesday night, using fire hoses to wash away loose dirt before it falls on searchers, Zaccard said.
It's as if our leaders in Washington are standing on a beach holding fire hoses full open, pouring more capital into an ocean of capital.
It was the fire hoses, snaking through the metal debris littered across the town, that led me towards one of the worst areas of devastation at Sherwood Crescent.
Those remaining are struggling to cover the fuel rods with water, using sea water and fire hoses, an ad hoc battle that seems less likely to succeed as each day goes by.
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Crews had worked late into the night Wednesday at Lilydale Regional Park, washing away soil with fire hoses and bringing in search dogs to look for one of the children who had remained missing overnight.
In addition, the building was not fitted with a fire main to which fire hoses could be connected and fire engines could not get within 45m of all parts of the building, as required by law.
For now, passive self-defence is recommended: barbed wire to protect vulnerable parts of ships, fire hoses to push pirates away and an alert crew to spot attacks early to allow the ship to take evasive action.
While being sprayed with fire hoses and surrounded by smoke, explosions, and gunfire, instructors sent us in all different directions: bear crawling to the surf to get wet and sandy, to the grinder to perform hundreds and hundreds of flutter kicks, pull-ups, and pushups.
The Impeccable turned fire-hoses on one boat to stop her getting too close.
Sea water is being pumped into the reactors by special high pressure fire extinguisher hoses to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
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After being pounded with pulp, expect to be sluiced down with hoses by the local fire brigade.
This would be like a fire department deciding to roll up some of its hoses when a big house is a flaming inferno.
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