firebombers
Those hurling flames
Firebombers are aircraft or people that drop incendiary bombs.
In firefighting, firebombers are planes or helicopters that drop water or retardant on wildfires: Firebombers circled the ridge all afternoon.
In warfare or arson, firebombers deliver weapons designed to start fires.
Aircraft designed for airstrikes
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- DresdenSaxon capital city
- strategic bombingAirstrikes against enemy capacity
- World War IISecond global military conflict
aircraft · payloads · sorties · devastation · conflagration · firestorm · B-29 · Luftwaffe
Those who criminally ignite property
- Molotov cocktailsImprovised flammable bottle weapons
- accelerantCombustion-intensifying substance
- petrol bombsFuel-filled bottle weapons
- attackersThose launching offensive action
vandals · perpetrators · blitz · terrorism · criminal · targets · destruction · wartime
Firefighting aircraft dropping retardant
- water bombersPlanes that douse flames
- retardantSubstance that slows something
- smokejumpersAirborne wildland firefighters
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
suppression · drop zone · payload · slurry · helicopter · bucket · firefighting aircraft · reload
bombers
Aircraft designed for airstrikes
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- DresdenSaxon capital city
- strategic bombingAirstrikes against enemy capacity
World War II · aircraft · payloads · sorties · devastation · conflagration · firestorm · B-29 · Luftwaffe · RAF
arsonists
Those who criminally ignite property
- Molotov cocktailsImprovised flammable bottle weapons
- accelerantCombustion-intensifying substance
- petrol bombsFuel-filled bottle weapons
attackers · vandals · perpetrators · blitz · terrorism · criminal · targets · destruction · wartime · raid
airtankers
Firefighting aircraft dropping retardant
- water bombersPlanes that douse flames
- retardantSubstance that slows something
- smokejumpersAirborne wildland firefighters
wildfire · suppression · drop zone · payload · slurry · helicopter · bucket · firefighting aircraft · reload · flight path
firebombersfirefighters
Emergency personnel combating blazes
fire extinguishers · fire brigade · firemen · fire brigades · fire department
firebombersfirst responders
Personnel arriving at emergencies initially
emergency services · rescuers · protectors · civil defense · humanitarian workers
firebombersrescuers
Those who save endangered people
saviors · lifesavers · emergency responders · paramedics · evacuators