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Denver drill

Denver drill proper noun: a training exercise involving the rescue of a person from a confined space through a window.

Proper noun

the Denver drill

  1. A training exercise involving the rescue of a person from a confined space through a window.

Origin of Denver drill

Named in reference to Mark Langvardt, a Denver Fire Engineer who died in an incident of this kind in 1992.

Questions about Denver drill

What does Denver drill mean?
Denver drill means a training exercise involving the rescue of a person from a confined space through a window.
What part of speech is Denver drill?
Denver drill is a proper noun.

Words near Denver drill in the dictionary

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  5. Denver boots
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