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Fintan MacCarthy Fintan McCarthy was an Irish Green Party politician and was elected to the South Dublin County Council in 2004. He became interested in local politics in the early 1990s during the controversial rezonings resulting in Lucan becoming designated for expansion without thought to adequate amenities or infrastructure.
Fintona Pearses Fintona Pearses is a Gaelic Athletic Association club (primarily Gaelic Football, that also incorporates Fintona Setanta hurling club. The club is based in Fintona, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and is named after the Irish poet and revolutionary, Patrick Pearse.
Finux Finux is the name used by Neal Stephenson in Cryptonomicon denoting an operating system written by Finnish people. The name is a thinly-veiled reference to Linux, originally written by Helsinki native Linus Torvalds.
Finvenkismo Finvenkismo is an ideological current within the Esperanto-movement dating back to Zamenhof, the initiator of Esperanto. The name is derived from the concept of Fina Venko ("Final Victory") denoting the moment when most (or almost all) inhabitants of the earth will speak Esperanto as a second language.
Finweek Finweek is a South African weekly business magazine published in both English- and Afrikaans-language editions. With a circulation of 31,634 (ABC July 2006 – September 2006) it is South Africa’s highest circulating business magazine.
Finzi Trust The Finzi Trust was founded in 1969 and seeks to further the music, ideals and work of Gerald Finzi. It has assisted individuals and organisations in a variety of ways and has initiated many projects reflecting the Trust's policy of encouraging young artists and composers.
Fio Maravilha JoĂŁo Batista Sales (born January 19, 1945 in Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais), better known as Fio Maravilha, is a former Brazilian football player. From 1966 to 1976 he played for Flamengo, usually as a centre forward.
Fiocruz Genome Comparison Project The Fiocruz Genome Comparison Project is designed to produce a database comparing the genes from many genomes with each other using SSEARCHThe program SSEARCH performs a rigorous Smith-Waterman alignment] between a [[protein sequence and another protein sequence, a protein database, a DNA or a DNA library.
Fiodar Fiodaraŭ Fiodar Fiodaraŭ, (Фёдар Фёдараў, Фёдор Иванович Фёдоров, Fedor Ivanovich Fedorov), (June 19, 1911 - October 13, 1994) was a famous Belarusian physicist, whose scientific interests ranged from optics and spectroscopy to the theory of elementary particles.
Fiodor knot The Fiodor knot (also Fiador knot or Theodore knot) is a knot used in equine applications for creating such useful items as rope halters, hackamores and hobbles. This knot permits double loops to come out the center of one side and a single loop and two loose ends to come out the center of the other side of this attractive symmetrical knot.
Fiona Bruce Fiona Bruce (born April 25, 1964 in Singapore) is a television presenter in the United Kingdom. She presented the BBC News Six O'Clock News from May 1999 until January 2003, currently hosts the BBC News at Ten O'Clock, and has presented Crimewatch alongside Nick Ross since January 2000.
Fiona Carter Fiona Carter is a case office in the Counter-Terrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series, Spooks, also known as MI5 in the United States. This character has been played by Olga Sosnovska, until Fiona was killed off half way through Series 4, due to Sosnoska's real life pregnancy.
Fiona Fox Fiona Fox is a main character in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie comics. She "debuted" in issue #28 of the comic, although that "Fiona" was revealed to be a robot duplicate.
Fiona Geaves Fiona Geaves (born 6 December 1967, in Gloucester, United Kingdom) is a former professional squash player from England. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of World No.
Fiona Graham Fiona Graham is an anthropologist and producer and director of anthropological documentaries. She has directed and produced a number of programmes for NHK – Japan’s national broadcaster - and has also worked on programmes for National Geographic, Channel 4, and BBC.
Fiona Hutchison Fiona Hutchison (born May 17, 1960 in Miami, Florida) is a British-American actress. Born to two citizens of the United Kingdom, Hutchison grew up in South Miami, Florida, Jamaica, and Columbia, South Carolina.
Fiona Hyslop Fiona Hyslop, born August 1, 1964, is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) she was active in the party's youth wing and was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the Lothians at the 1999 election.
Fiona Ma Fiona Ma (馬世雲) is a San Francisco politician, member of the California State Assembly and a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 4, the Sunset District from 2002-2006, when she took her seat in the Assembly. Prior to her election to this position, she was a part-time district representative to a state senator.
Fiona Mont Fiona Mont became known as "Britain's Most Wanted Woman" during a major police and media hunt for her in connection with allegations of corporate fraud. The chase lasted for three years and covered a large area of Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Gibraltar and Portugal.
Fiona O'Loughlin Fiona O'Loughlin is an Australian comedian, known primarily for her stand-up comedy and for her television performances, on ABC tv's Spicks and Specks, Rove Live, and series of popular soup advertisements. She has performed as a headline act in the
Fiona Shaw Fiona Shaw, CBE (Hon) (born Fiona Mary Wilson 10 July, 1958) is a leading Irish actress who regularly appears in London theatre. She is widely regarded as one of the finest classical actresses of the age [http://www.
Fiona Templeton Fiona Templeton is an experimental director, playwright, poet and performer. Born in Scotland in 1951, she co-founded London's Theatre of Mistakes in the 70s and lived for many years in the East Village of Manhattan.
Fiona Thompson Fiona Thompson began studying cello in her native England at the age of seven and studied with Leonid Gorokhov at the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Ronald Leonard at the University of Southern California.
Fiona Watson Fiona Watson (1968 - August 19, 2003) was a Scottish political affairs officer working in Vieira de Mello's office who was killed along with other members of UN staff in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq, on the afternoon of August 19, 2003.
Fionavar Fionavar is a fantasy world created by Guy Gavriel Kay as the main setting for his trilogy of books The Fionavar Tapestry. It is supposedly the first of all worlds, particularly in a mythological sense; the sagas and tales of other worlds originate (or culminate) in this most primary of settings.
Fionn mac Cumhaill Fionn mac Cumhaill (pronounced /f'uN mÉ™ ku:L'/, /f'iN mÉ™ ku:L'/, /f'u:n mÉ™ ku:l'/ or /f'oun mÉ™ ku:l'/ according to dialect) (earlier Finn or Find mac Cumail or mac Umaill, later Anglicised to "Finn McCool") was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man. The stories of Fionn and his followers, the Fianna, form the Fiannaidheacht or Fenian cycle, much of it supposedly narrated by Fionn's son, the poet OisĂ­n.
Fionn MacColla Fionn MacColla (Tom MacDonald) born Thomas Douglas MacDonald was a Scottish novelist closely connected to the Scottish Renaissance. Although he wrote in English, he was very interested in Scottish Gaelic language and culture and campaigned for it to return to, what he perceived to be, its rightful place in the Scottish mainstream.
Fionnphort Fionnphort is the principal port of the Ross of Mull, and the largest settlement in the locale (its population is approximately 70). Fionnphort is the base of the ferry service between 'mainland' Mull and Iona.
Fionnuala In Irish mythology, Fionnuala (from 'fionn ghualainn' or fair-shouldered) was a daughter of Lir. In the legend of the Children of Lir, she was changed into a swan and cursed by her stepmother to wander the lakes and rivers of Ireland for 900 years.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (pronounced ; born Galway, 1965) is an Irish academic lawyer specialising in human rights law. She is concurrently Professor of Law at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland - where she teaches international law and international human rights law, and is the founder and Direcor of the Transitional Justice Institute - and the Dorsey and Whitney Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Fionnula Flanagan Fionnula Flanagan (born 10 December 1941 in Dublin) is an Irish actress. She was educated in Switzerland and England, and studied for her trade at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. With her portrayal of Gerty McDowell in the 1967 film version of Ulysses, Flanagan established herself as one of the foremost interpreters of James Joyce. She made her 1968 Broadway bow in Brian Friel's Lovers then appeared in such Joycean theatrical projects as Ulysses in Nighttown and James Joyce's Women (1977). The last-named project earned her Critic's Circle awards in Los Angeles and San Francisco; it was subsequently committed to film in 1988, with Flanagan repeating her portrayal of Harriet Shaw Weaver.
Fiora Fiora was a Computer role-playing game originally inspired by various bots floating around IRC's EsperNet servers. It took many elements from Tactics Ogre, and derived its turn system from different aspects of James "Iyouboushi's" Kaiou bot and Craig's Future bot.
Fioravanti Fioravanti is an Italian automotive design studio in Moncalieri outside the city of Turin. The company began in 1987 as an architectural practice working on projects in Japan, and since 1991, it has focused its activities on automotive design.
Fiordland Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand that is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island. Most of it is covered by the Fiordland National Park, which has an area of 12,120 square kilometres, making it the largest national park in New Zealand and one of the larger parks in the world.
Fiordland brotula The Fiordland brotula, Fiordichthys slartibartfasti, is a rare viviparous brotula of the family Bythitidae, the only member of the genus Fiordichthys. It is found only in the Fiordland region of the South Island of New Zealand, from depths of between 10 and 12 m.
Fiordland National Park Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 10 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of 12,500 km², and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site.
Fiore Buccieri Fiore "Fifi" Buccieri (December 16, 1907-August 1973) was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit. He is a distant relative of Edward Buccieri who was murdered in Las Vegas by Anthony Spilotro susposedly after a dispute with Allen Glick.
Fiorello H. LaGuardia Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was the Republican Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945. He was popularly known as "the Little Flower," the translation of his Italian first name, also perhaps a reference to his short stature of just 5 feet.
Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni (born December 7, 1920, Vaiano di Prato, province of Prato) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career were his three overall wins in the 1948, 1951 and 1955 Giro d'Italia.
Fioricet Fioricet and Esgic are brand name drugs made from a combination of acetaminophen (325 mg), butalbital (a barbiturate, 50 mg), and caffeine (40 mg). They are usually used to treat tension headaches and migraine headaches, but are also indicated for other types of pain, such as shoulder and upper back pain.
Fiorina 'Fury' 161 Fiorina 'Fury' 161 (Also called "Fiori 16") is the name of the fictitious planet on which the movie AlienÂł of the Alien Series occurs. The planet orbits around a binary star system whose location is held secret by the Weyland-Yutani corporation for emergency reasons.
Fipronil Fipronil, or Termidor, is a broadspectrum insecticide that disrupts the insect's central nervous system by blocking the passage of chloride ions through the GABA receptor and glutamate receptor (GluCl), inhibitors of the central nervous system. This causes hyperexcitation of contaminated insects' nerves and muscles.
Fiq (woreda) Fiq is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Fiq. Part of the Fiq Zone, Fiq is bordered on the south by Hamero, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by the Degehabur Zone; the woreda's western boundary is defined by the Erer River.
Fiqh Council of North America The Fiqh Council of North America is an association of Muslims who interpret Islamic law within the United States. The 18 members of the Council are Muslims who issue religious rulings, resolve disputes, and answer questions relating to the Islamic faith.
Fir wave A fir wave is a set of alternating bands of fir trees in sequential stages of development, observed in forests on exposed mountain slopes in several areas, including northeastern North America and Japan. Fir waves develop by wave-regeneration following wind disturbance, and is one of various types of patterned vegetation.
Firaisan'ny Skotisma eto Madagasikara The Firaisan'ny Skotisma eto Madagasikara, the national federation of three Scouting organizations of Madagascar, was founded in 1921, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1960. The coeducational Firaisan'ny Skotisma eto Madagasikara has 9,449 members as of 2004.
Firang Firang or farang or farangi is a term used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to refer to any Westerner, particularly a white person. It was originally used to refer to foreigners, and was later thought to have been used as a contemptible term for British officers and gentry in India.
Firangi mahal After the assassination of Mullah Qutab uddin Shaheed, (D 1692) the family leader was Mullah Saeed bin Mullah Qutab uddin who still saw the hostility of the relatives and decided that he is was going to depart from Sehali and find a home somewhere else, he went to Hyderabad, India to visit Emperor Aurangzeb “Alamgeer”.
Firangoji Narsala Firangoji Narsala was a renowned Maratha warrior and military leader in the army of Shivaji Chhatrapati, a Maharaja of Maharashtra, in 17th century India. He is famous for his defence of Sangram Durga, a fort, against a Mughal army led by Shayeste Khan in 1660 .
Firby Firby is a toponym and family name found throughout the Anglosphere. It is from the Old English personal name Friði + býr 'farm', its Middle English spelling was Fritheby, since Gallicised into Early Modern English as Firby, although numerous spellings (Furby, Furbee, Ferby and Furbay) have existed since Modern English.
Firdaus Kharas Firdaus Kharas is a director and producer of animation, film and television media. His current work focuses on creating various types of media to effect societal and individual behavioural change through mass communications spanning across many cultures and countries to better the human condition.
Firdawsi Hakīm Abol-Qāsem Ferdawsī Ṭūsī () (more commonly transliterated Ferdowsi-ye Tusi, also known as Firdawsi, Firdausi, Firdousi, Ferdosi or Ferdusi) (935–1020) is perhaps the most revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shāhnāma, the national epic of Persia (modern Iran).
Firdos Square Firdos Square, or Firdus Square (Arabic: ساحة الفردوس; transliterated: Sahat al-Firdaus), is a public open space in Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after the Arabic word Firdows, which literally means "paradise"--both of which are derived from the Persian word, pairidaeza, meaning the same.
Firdous Bamji Firdous Bamji (born May 3, 1966 in Bombay, India) is an actor who has played leading roles in world and American premieres of plays by such noted playwrights as Tony Kushner, Eric Bogosian and Tom Stoppard. He has also appeared in a number of television shows, such as Law & Order, and several successful movies, such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Analyze That.
Firdous e Bareen Firdous e Bareen (or فردوس برین in Persian and Urdu) was the name of the garden made by Hassan-i-Sabah and his band of Nizari Ismaili Shiite fugitives (the Hashshashin) in the Elburz mountains of Northern Iran, imitating paradise or heaven. This paradise was furnished with all luxuries of life, even a rivulet of wine and was used to recruit assassins to Hassan's militia.
Fire (Arthur Brown song) "Fire" is a 1968 song by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band's debut album, also called The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Fire (Bruce Springsteen song) "Fire" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and originally intended for use by Elvis Presley. It was first recorded by Robert Gordon in 1978, who received some modest album oriented rock radio airplay with it.
Fire (LEXX) In the sci-fi television series LEXX, the fictional planet "Fire" is the afterlife for all evil souls, and the location for much of Season 3. It shares a tight mutual orbit and an atmosphere with Planet Water, which is the afterlife for all good souls.
Fire alarm control panel A fire alarm control panel, also referred to as a fire alarm panel or FACP, normally referred to as a panel within the active fire protection industry, is a central control device for detecting, reporting and acting on occurrences of fires within a building. It is an active fire protection item that is subject to stringent bounding.
Fire alarm notification appliance A fire alarm notification appliance is an active fire protection item. It is an electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, buzzer, speaker, strobe light, or other device that warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring emergency evacuation.
Fire alarm pull station A fire alarm pull station is an active fire protection device, usually wall-mounted, that, when activated, initiates an alarm on a fire alarm system. In its simplest form, the user activates the alarm by pulling the handle down, which completes a circuit and locks the handle in the activated position, and sending an alarm to the fire alarm control panel.
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA) is a statutory government authority created in January 1999 to cover the following emergency services within the state of Western Australia] :
Fire and Ice (1983 film) Fire and Ice, released in 1983, was a collaboration between Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, distributed by 20th Century Fox, who also distributed 1977's Wizards. The animated feature, based on characters Bakshi and Frazetta co-created was made using the process of rotoscoping, in which scenes were shot in live action and then traced onto animation cels.
Fire and Movement Fire and movement is the basic military tactic used by small unit commanders on the modern battlefield. It uses the power of suppressive fire, or threat thereof, to decrease the enemy's ability to return fire, its organization and unit cohesion, its intelligence through suppression, and morale.
Fire and Rain "Fire and Rain" was the breakout single released in February 1970 by singer-songwriter James Taylor. The signature single on his second album, Sweet Baby James, the song brought Taylor wide-spread attention.
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight Fire and Sleet and Candlelight was a poetry anthology edited by August Derleth, and published in 1961 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,026 copies. The title was suggested to Derleth by Lin Carter and is taken from the Lyke-Wake Dirge.
Fire apparatus A fire apparatus, fire engine or fire truck usually refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires. Although civilians may use the terms fire truck and fire engine interchangeably, to an emergency worker, the words represent different types of fire fighting apparatus, the proper generic term is fire apparatus.
Fire Authority In the United Kingdom a Fire authority or Fire and Rescue Authority is a statutory body made up of a committee of local councillors which oversees the Policy and service delivery of a county or metropolitan fire and rescue service. A fire authority is made up of either councillors, officers or representatives from the local borough, county or metropolitan council in the georgraphical area that the fire service operates.
Fire blast Fire Blast is the name of a powerful high-tier fire-type attack in the Pokemon series of videogames,anime,trading cards,and apparel created by Satoshi Tajiri. It can only be learned by fire-type Pokemon,either through gaining battle experience or by using a TM.
Fire boss A fire boss is a person employed at a mine or state certified official, responsible for examining a mine for dangers, particularly explosive, poisonous or suffocating gases. Usually the fire boss is the first person to enter a mine, to verify its safety, before a shift crew enters.
Fire breathing Fire breathing is the act of creating a large flame by spraying, with one's breath, a flammable liquid upon an open flame. The flame is usually held an arm's length away and the spray should be both powerful and misty.
Fire by Night Organizing Committee The Fire By Night Organizing Committee was a short-lived revolutionary leftist organization in the United States. Fire by Night was formed by about half of the members of the New York City branch and all the members of the San Francisco branch of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation after its dissolution in 1998.
Fire Beadman Fire Beadman (hangul:천하통일 파이어비드맨 Cheonha Tongil Paieo Bideumaen) is an Korean anime. It is a product of the major anime broadcaster KBS, and the animation was done by Sonokong and Heewon Entertainment.
Fire Bike The Fire Bike was a motorcycle built by Orange County Choppers on the American reality television show American Chopper. It was put together by everyone at the OCC, the project holding more emotional weight with its ties to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Fire Bomber Fire Bomber is a fictional rock 'n roll band created for the anime series Macross 7 (and related projects such as Macross 7 Trash, Macross 7 Encore, and Macross Dynamite 7). In real life, Fire Bomber's music was performed by Yoshiki Fukuyama (as the singing voice and guitar of Basara), Chie Kajiura (as the singing voice of Mylene), and occasionally by Tomo Sakurai (the acting voice of Mylene).
Fire camp According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a fire camp is one of five predesignated temporary facilities. Fire camps provide certain essential auxiliary forms of support, such as food, sleeping areas, and sanitation for Wildland firefighters.
Fire control Fire control consists of depriving a fire of fuel, oxygen or heat (see fire triangle) to prevent it from spreading or to put it out entirely. The standard and most common way to control a class-A fire (the combustion of a flammable material with oxygen and heat) is to remove heat by spraying the burning solid fuels with water from a fire-hose connected to a pump.
Fire cupping Fire cupping (拔罐) is a method of applying acupressure by creating a vacuum next to the patient's skin. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) it involves placing glass, plastic, or bamboo cups on the skin with a vacuum.
Fire Camp Fire Camp are an East London UK Grime music collective consisting of MCs Lethal Bizzle, Ozzie B, Gambit, Knowledge, Taz, Fader, Fumin, Top Kat, 2-Face, Gloka, Clipper, 2-Lip-E, Wizz Kid, DJs Twister and Faraknight.
Fire dancing Fire dancing (also known as, "fire twirling," "fire spinning," "fire performance," or "fire manipulation") is a group of performance arts or disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire. Typically these objects have one or more bundles of wicking, which are soaked in fuel and ignited.
Fire department rehab Fire department rehab is a vital firefighting service on the fireground, providing firefighters and other emergency personnel with immediate medical attention including rehydration, treatment for smoke inhalation, and the prevention of such life-threatening conditions as heatstroke and heart attack.
Fire diving Fire diving is a fictional extreme sport. It consists of divers attempting to sneak themselves into the tanks of water bombers and firefighting helicopters, and then be dumped out over a fire, where they will then parachute to the ground.
Fire dog Firedog, also moon idol or moon horn (German Mondhorn), is a term used to refer to an an artifact type of late Bronze Age Europe (ca. 1300 to 800 BC), typically made of clay, found in the area of modern France, Switzerland and Germany, associated with the Urnfield culture.
Fire door A fire door is a type of door, or closure used as a passive fire protection item within buildings to prevent the spread of fire. It is usually the only means of allowing people to pass through a fire-resistance rated wall assembly.
Fire drill A fire drill is a method of practicing the evacuation of a building for a fire or other emergency. Generally, the emergency system (usually an alarm) is activated and the building is evacuated as though a real fire had occurred.
Fire Deuce Fire Deuce is a band created as a side-project by Travis Stever, the lead guitarist of Coheed and Cambria. Other members of the band include Joey Eppard, the lead singer of 3, Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez, and several others.
Fire ecology Fire ecology is concerned with the processes linking fire behavior and ecological effect. Campaigns such as “Smokey Bear” in the USA have molded public opinion to believe that wildfires are always harmful to nature.
Fire escape A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building or occasionally inside but separate from the main areas of the building. It provides a method of escape in the event of a fire or other emergency that makes the stairwells inside a building inaccessible.
Fire extinguisher A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control a fire, often in emergency situations. Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a handheld cylindrical pressure vessel containing an agent which can be discharged to extinguish a fire.
Fire Emblem Fire Emblem (Japanese: ファイアーエムブレム Faiā Emuburemu) is a popular strategy/role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems (specifically Shouzou Kaga), the creators of Nintendo Wars/Famicom Wars/Advance Wars, and published by Nintendo. The Fire Emblem games are known to be the first of their genre, the strategic role-playing game, with a very strong emphasis on western forms of medieval folklore.
Fire Emblem (anime) Fire Emblem is a Japanese anime OVA based on Fire Emblem: MonshĹŤ no Nazo, the third game in Nintendo's Fire Emblem strategy game series, which in turn included a remake of Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi, the first game in series. Production ended after only two episodes were finished.
Fire Emblem (Game Boy Advance) is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.
Fire Emblem Gaiden was released exclusively in Japan for the Famicom in 1992. It is the second game in the Fire Emblem series, and serves as a side story to the original game ("Gaiden" is literally Japanese for "side story").
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Nintendo GameCube, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It is the ninth game of the Fire Emblem series, the third game in the series to be released in North America, and the first game in the entire series to be rendered in a three-dimensional, cel-shaded manner.
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo in 1996. It is the fourth game in the Fire Emblem series, and was the last game produced by Gunpei Yokoi.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is a Japanese tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It is the eighth game in the Fire Emblem series, and the second to be released in North America.
Fire fighting foam Fire Retardant Foam, or fire suppression foam, is a foam used for fire suppression. Its role is to cool down the fire and to coat the fuel, preventing its contact with oxygen, resulting in suppression of the combustion.
Fire fighting in Finland Fire fighting in Finland is regulated by the Ministry of the Interior. Municipalities in Finland can choose whether the fire and rescue services are provided by a professional fire brigade, a half-ordinary fire brigade or a voluntary fire brigade.
Fire hazard A fire hazard is any situation in which there is a greater than normal risk of harm to people or property due to fire. Fire hazards can take the form of ways that fires can easily start, such as a blocked cooling vent, or overloaded electrical system, ways fires can spread rapidly, such as an insufficiently protected fuel store or areas with high oxygen concentrations, or things which, in a fire, pose a hazard to people, such as materials that produce toxic fumes when heated or blocked fire exits.
Fire horn A fire horn is a device used to call volunteer firefighters to active duty in case of need. The horn is usually located atop a fire station or town hall, and is designed to project volume sufficient to reach the town limits.

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