Fire bucket facts for kids
The fire bucket is simply a bucket filled with water or sand which is used to prevent or extinguish fires. Typically, fire buckets are painted bright red and have the word fire stencilled on them. Fire buckets are a low-technology method of fighting small fires.
Images for kids
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Fire buckets hung on the wall of a railway station in Holt, England
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Round-bottomed fire buckets in Parkend, Gloucestershire. S.& W. J. R. stands for the Severn & Wye Joint Railway.
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Canvas fire buckets, in Puddletown, Dorset, provided by the insurers, Sun Insurance, in 1805
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Conical fire buckets in Moscow
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