noun
General Slang
overhaul
· noun · firefighter
Tearing the burnt building apart to find hidden hot spots once the main fire is out.
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The phase after the main knockdown where crews pull ceilings, open walls, flip mattresses and chase smouldering pockets to make sure the fire is genuinely out. Sweaty, filthy, and where most of the carcinogen exposure happens — full SCBA still on.
“Knocked the bedroom fire in ten minutes; spent the next two hours on overhaul pulling the lath and plaster.”
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overhaul In A Sentence
Knocked the bedroom fire in ten minutes; spent the next two hours on overhaul pulling the lath and plaster.
Origin & Usage
Fire-service term going back to the steam-era fire brigades; the unglamorous after-work that stops a 'knockdown' becoming a rekindle.
Variants
overhauling
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