'See here, Mister, this is a fire-fighting outfit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

The heat, I'm sure, not helping the fire-fighting effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference

Officials hope to start bringing in fire-fighting planes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2008] Reference

Now, the fire-fighting continued throughout the entire day.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2007] Reference

It's considered the nation's number one fire-fighting priority.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2006] Reference

He had an efficient fire-fighting corps, equipped with hand pumps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hokas Pokas]

A pilot died when his fire-fighting plane crashed near Fort Carson.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008] Reference

It's a monster fire-fighting effort going on in northern California.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference

A lot of the fire-fighting helicopters, airplanes have been grounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006] Reference

During the fire-fighting effort, the elected officials stood behind us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2006] Reference

We'll tell you if the weather is going to cooperate with fire-fighting efforts today.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2006] Reference

Fourteen fire-fighting teams from four southern states are enroute to help out -- Randi?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2005] Reference

Emergency, fire-fighting, rescue, and med-evac craft dotted the upper and lower surfaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference

Now, the four other members of this fire-fighting team have all died from their injuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2006] Reference

They were all people who accepted the dangers of fire-fighting, and were last seen on duty.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2001] Reference

Ben Franklin invented the fire-fighting cooperative here in Philadelphia in the 18th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Starving States] Reference

The mist cooled the air off to a temperature that his fire-fighting ensemble could withstand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Typhoon Season]

Then, too, he was having trouble with his latest invention -- his aerial fire-fighting apparatus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air] Reference

Three helicopters from Germany joining fire-fighting aircraft from four other European countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference

Swift walked about the big fire-fighting airship Lucifer, which had been rolled outside the hangar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air] Reference

We anticipate training and graduating another 600, so we'll have a really strong fire-fighting force.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2002] Reference

The always efficient fire-fighting arm of the local thranx municipality arrived with its usual speed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphan Star]

They were engaging in structure protection and fire-fighting activities when they were overrun by flames.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2006] Reference

And of course, they've got about -- they've got about 60 fire-fighting engines on our ridge alone right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference

Good for the people looking for a big warm-up, but not so good for fire-fighting efforts here in the southeast.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference

And of course, they have got about -- they have got about 60 fire-fighting engines on our ridge alone right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference

KRDO TV reports that two firefighters were killed and then a pilot was killed when his fire-fighting plane crashed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008] Reference

Several agencies, Ventura County fire-fighting, L.A. County fire, multiple agencies helping to try to stop this fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2005] Reference

Hot dry conditions are hindering fire-fighting efforts in south central Utah where 282,000 acres have been charred already.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2007] Reference

They'll be assisted a little later this morning at sunup by L.A. and Ventura County fire-fighting, water-dropping helicopters.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Wildfire Threatening Homes in Southern California - December 26, 2000] Reference

One of the reasons they're using these wildland fire-fighting techniques here is they got plenty of water in New Orleans right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2005] Reference

For he was of service in suggesting new ways of combining fire-fighting chemicals, gained by his association with the fireworks concern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air] Reference

So again, in a short while, the fire crews on the ground, they will be assisted by water-dropping, fire-fighting helicopters in the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Wildfire Threatening Homes in Southern California - December 26, 2000] Reference

Even had there been water, most of the fire-fighting facilities were on the east side of the city and unable to reach the section affected.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference