1. The following words you met in your new text. Check them in your dictionary and fill in the gaps in the sentences given below.

suction (n) engine(n) rig (n) crash (n) turret (n) jack(n)

1. Modern fire departments have __ suction __ which can pump from 500 to 1,500 gallons per minute.

2. To prevent fires airport fire trucks spread foam on a plane that is forced to make a __ crash __ landing.

3. These __ engine __ are capable of operating on paved highways.

4. A fire pump can be connected to several fire hydrants at once for water supply or can take water by ___ turret ___ from rivers.

5. The boats are equipped with large pumps plus heavy __ jack ___, nozzles, and quantities of large-diameter hose.

Stability is provided by a heavy-duty ground ___ rig ___ system

2. Odd man out. In each line choose one word that doesn’t belong to the group and explain why you think so:

1. portable ladder – high temperature – turntable platform – storage compartment – supporting jack

2. fire fighter – pump – hose connection – extension ladder – booster line;

3. Aerial Ladder Trucks - Quads – Crash Trucks – Harvesters – Pumpers - Rescue Trucks – Fireboats

А) переносная лестница – высокая температура – поворотная платформа – отсек для хранения – защитный костюм

B)пожарный – насос – соединительный рукав – выдвижная лестница – вспомогательная линия

C) автолестница – грузовик – каток – уборочная машина – пожарный автомобиль – спасательный автомобиль – пожарная лодка

3. Match the words in the left column with their explanations in the right column:

A pumper	are quadruple, or four-purpose, trucks. They carry pumps, hose lines, ladders, and as much as 1000 gallons of water.
Crash Trucks	carry extension ladders that can be raised as high as 100 feet by powerful motors on the trucks. Some of them have four wheels, but the largest ones are six-wheel, trailer trucks.
Quads	carries hose, water tanks, and a pump that can shoot up to 1,000 gallons of water a minute through hose lines.
Aerial Ladder Trucks	serve the fire departments of airports. They are specially built to spray water or foam on burning airplanes.

4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. During a fire the pumps will pump over about 4 thousands litres for a minute, it will help extinguishing.

2.Tomorrow on studies we will use a lot of devices and instruments, special attention we will spare to the protective-respiratory apparatus

3. The main task of rescuer on a fire was, is and there will always be rescuing of people on a fire.

4. Firemen use a protective clothing: helmet, rubbers knee-boots, fire suit mittens.

5. Administration of fire department will make the graph of inspection next week.

6. An inspector will warn the habitants of house about the purpose of conducting of inspection which will pass in a future month.

7. An inspector will give a writing report to the chief.

8. At verification an inspector specifies, what measures must be taken, to warn a fire.