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Hand pumpers

Scope note

Use for firefighting vehicles in which water pumps are manually activated by parallel bars along the sides of the vehicle; often pulled or pushed manually, as well.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000226553

Broader Terms used

emergency vehicles

Equivalent Terms used

hand pumper

Created

13yrs ago

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