Where did the name BUNKER GEAR come from when talking about  a firefighters protecive clothing?
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I believe it was because the clothes were kept in the "bunk house" of the fire station. Could be wrong though.
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wear personnel protective equipment at all all times
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I owned a few sets because I was in Public Affairs and did many events with and before the media.  My final assignment was as the Public Affairs NCO for Marine Recruiting for Arkansas (and several counties from the surrounding states).  I wore blues or modified blues (khaki short-sleeved shirt and blue trousers) every day.  These uniforms were provided to me (although I invested in extra sets because they really take a beating when worn every day), but for the average Marine, they were not--and they were VERY expensive.  Still, part of the privilege of joining the Corps is to be able to wear that very proud uniform.
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The only thing I can think of that would be style related and not the store would be the Navy Pea Coats.\n\nPea Coat\nSailors who have to endure pea-soup weather often don their pea coats but the coat's name isn't derived from the weather. The heavy topcoat worn in cold, miserable weather by seafaring men was once tailored from pilot cloth — a heavy, course, stout kind of twilled blue cloth with the nap on one side. The cloth was sometimes called P-cloth for the initial letter of "pilot" and the garment made from it was called a p-jacket — later, a pea coat. The term has been used since 1723 to denote coats made from that cloth.
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Leatherneck \n    (US) A United States Marine, from the high leather collar formerly worn with formal uniforms, and in fighting uniform during the days of shipborne, sword-wielding boarding parties, when Marines were issued a leather gorget.
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as in great balls of?\n\nHow about:\n\nafire\nbackfire\nball of fire\nbaptism of fire\nbetween two fires\nbonfire\nbrushfire\ncampfire\nCampfire Girl\ncatch fire\nceasefire\ncooking fire\ncrossfire\ndragon fire\nenemy fire\nfield of fire\nfighting fire with fire\nfire alarm\nfire a gun, rocket or missile\nfire and brimstone\nfire and ice\nfire ant\nfirearm\nfire away\nfireball\nfirebase\nfire beetle\nfire bird\nfire blight\nfireboat\nfirebomb\nfire boogers\nfirebox\nfirebrand\nfirebrat\nfirebreak\nfire-breathing\nfire brick\nfire brigade\nfire bug\nfire clay\nfire control\nfirecracker\nfiredamp\nfire department\nfiredog\nfire door\nfiredrake\nfire drill\nfire eater\nfire engine\nfire escape\nfire extinguisher\nfirefight\nfire fighter\nfireflood\nfirefly\nfireguard\nfire him now\nfirehouse\nfire hydrant\nfire insurance\nfire in the hole\nfire irons\nFire Island\nfirelight\nfirelock\nfireman\nfire marshal\nfire opal\nfire pink\nfire pit\nfireplace\nfire plug\nfirepower\nfire proof\nfire rectangle\nfire retardant\nfire safety\nfire sale\nfire screen\nfire ship\nfireside\nfire station\nfirestone\nfire storm\nfirestrike\nfire the cannon\nfire thorn\nfire tower\nfire trap\nfire truck\nfire up\nfire virgin\nfirewall\nfire water\nfire weed\nfirewire\nfirewood\nfire work\nfiring line\nfiring on all (four) cylinders\nfiring pin\nfiring squad\nfriendly fire\nforest fire\nfoxfire\nfree-fire zone\ngas fire\ngoing through fire (and water)\nGreek fire\nharassing fire \nhellfire\nhotline the fire\nin case of fire\nlight (build,start) a fire under\nlight her fire\nlight my fire\nlike a house on fire\nmisfire\non fire\nonly you can prevent forest fires\nout of the pan and into the fire\nplay with fire\nrapid fire\nred fire\nretrofire\nring of fire\nsea fire\nSaint Anthony's fire\nSaint Elmo’s fire\nset fire to\nset on fire\nset the world on fire\nsure fire\nunder fire\nwatch fire\nwhere there is smoke, there is fire\nwildfire\nyuletide fire\n\nAdded note:\nOh yeah, Saint Elmo's fire (not the movie) is also called corposant.  It is the ligntening like discharge (usually from pointed objects, like the mast of a ship) which can happen during violent storms.\nP.S.  The list was composed off-line on a 3 X 5 card.  I was in the bathroom at the time.
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No, it's Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover. \n\ncov·ert    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kvrt, kvrt, k-vûrt)\nadj. \nNot openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret. \nCovered or covered over; sheltered. \nLaw. Being married and therefore protected by one's husband. \n\nn. \nA covering or cover. \n\nA covered place or shelter; hiding place. \nThick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game. \nZoology. One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail. \nA flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock1. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover. See cover.]\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ncovert·ly adv. \ncovert·ness n. \n\n[Download Now or Buy the Book] \nSource: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition\nCopyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.\nPublished by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. \n\n\ncovert\n\nadj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [ant: overt] 2: of a wife; under the protection of her husband n 1: a flock of coots 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [syn: screen, cover, concealment]
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Its called the "Teamgeist"
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oh that is actually the name of a makeshift bomb or grenade. it is made by using any bottle of alchohol and sticking a scarf or some other cloth in the opening of the bottle. you then light the cloth on fire and throw the bottle of alchohol. when the bottle hits whatever you throw it at the glass breaks and the alchohol goes everywhere on fire, making a pretty effective bomb for pretty cheap. there you go buddy, thats a molotov cocktail. the weapon of choice of the cheap revolutionary...
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Language: Old English\nOrigin: belg 'bag, skin'
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HAZMAT stands for Hazardous Materials. The crew has equipment such as (but not neccesarily including) radiation-proof uniforms to handle dangerous materials. The sign on a truck or near a dump means that there are dangerous materials there. The materials must be handled with caution, and Hazmat crews have been trained to handle them.
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Police badges or shields were once made from copper.  Police in some northeastern cities were often refferred to as "coppers" which evolved into cops.\n\nIf you look at old movies from the 1930s you will see police frequently called "coppers"
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Dean's Leather Jacket is hot. I spent the past few minutes searching and all I found out was the costume designer for the pilot was Bobbie Manix...I don't know if that will be any help though :)
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It's a legal term meaning you found a key piece of evidence.  I would guess it comes from an investigation where the police would find a gun that was still hot from being fired after a murder.
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MOPP is the acronym for "Mission Oriented Protective Posture".\n\nThere is no such thing as a "MOPP suit" -- that is a bastardization of the term.  It is more correctly termed "Individual Protective Equipment" (IPE) -- which consists of a protective mask (respirator), protective clothing (suit), protective gloves, and protective boots.\n\nThe horribly misnamed "MOPP suit", more correctly called a protective overgarment, is a specially manufactured and treated garment that will absorb liquid and vaporous chemical warfare agents, preventing them from reaching the skin and causing damage to the wearer.  There are many variations on the basic theme -- I used to wear the old green Chemical Protective Overgarment (CPO or CPOG), which was replaced by the Battle Dress Overgarment (BDO), and now the Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST).  Other nations have their own versions of the same types of protective clothing.\n\nAnd while every nation has its own versions of masks, gloves, boots, and protective garments, all the NATO allies subscribe to the concept of MOPP.
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squirrel nut zippers\n\nthat's weird ... this has been asked a bunch today ... I have to wonder if it's part of a trivia game somewhere
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It's an Austrailian term for either a sort of stew pot or rucksack i believe