fire bucket

• fire-bucket, firebucket

fire bucket (plural fire buckets)

1. (firefighting) A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
   • 1958 July, Colin G. Maggs, “The East Somerset Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:

     Fire buckets with the initials S.D.J.R. were still in evidence when the author visited the station in August, 1957.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

     Now he rushed to the platform edge carrying a full fire bucket, in a forlorn attempt to douse the flames as the now brightly burning wagon rolled past.

• (firefighting tool): chemical engine, fire blanket, fire engine, fire extinguisher, fire grenade, fire hose