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Fireboat
A fireboat, once called a fire-float, is a vessel with pumps and large water nozzles that fights fires on ships and waterfronts; modern boats also perform rescues and medical response.
Firebolt
Firebolt is an Israeli cloud data warehouse company founded in 2019 by three Sisense veterans, offering sub-second analytics on large datasets, valued at $1.4 billion in 2022.
Firebombing
Firebombing is the aerial or artillery delivery of incendiary bombs designed to destroy targets by fire, becoming the core technique of area bombing in World War II.
Fireboy and Watergirl
Fireboy and Watergirl: co-op puzzle-platformer series (also Fireboy & Watergirl) by indie developer Oslo Albet, begun as a 2009 Flash game, The Forest Temple; seven temple-themed games, shared-keyboard two-player play, elemental hazards, later HTML5, mobile, and Steam ports.
Fireboy DML
Fireboy DML (Adedamola Adefolahan, born 1996) is a Nigerian Afrobeats and R&B singer signed to YBNL Nation/EMPIRE, known for 'Jealous,' the albums Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps, Apollo, Playboy, adedamola, and the Ed Sheeran 'Peru' remix.
Firebreak (film)
Firebreak (Cortafuego) is a 2026 Spanish psychological thriller directed by David Victori, starring Belén Cuesta, released on Netflix February 20, 2026; distinct from Kenzie Bruce's 2025 documentary of the same name.
Firebringer
Firebringer is a 2016 comedy musical by StarKid Productions about cavemen discovering fire, with music by Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski. Premiered at Stage 773, Chicago, released free on YouTube January 1, 2017; its "We've Got Work To Do" clip went viral.
Fireclay refractory
A fireclay refractory is a dense alumina-silica refractory product, most commonly a brick, made from fireclays with 25 to 45 percent alumina and used to line boilers, kilns, and furnaces.
Firecracker
A firecracker is a small firework, usually a paper or cardboard cylinder filled with a little explosive, made to produce a loud bang rather than a visual effect.
Firecreek
Firecreek (1968) is a Warner Bros. Western directed by Vincent McEveety, starring James Stewart as part-time sheriff Johnny Cobb and Henry Fonda as outlaw leader Larkin; premiered 24 January 1968 in El Paso, Texas.
Fired on Mars
Fired on Mars is a 2023 HBO Max adult animated workplace comedy created by Nate Sherman and Nick Vokey, based on their 2016 short film, following fired graphic designer Jeff Cooper (Luke Wilson) stranded at the Mars.ly colony.
Fired Up!
Fired Up! is a 2009 American teen sex comedy directed by Will Gluck about two football players who join the cheerleading squad to meet girls.
Firefall
Firefall is an American country-rock/soft-rock band founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1974 by Rick Roberts and Jock Bartley; hits include "You Are the Woman" (Billboard #9), plus gold and platinum 1970s Atlantic albums.
Firefighter
Firefighter: emergency responder who extinguishes fires and handles medical, rescue, and hazmat calls; US median pay $59,280 (May 2025), 355,300 jobs, IARC Group 1 carcinogen classification.
Firefighting
Firefighting: organized suppression and control of fires, from Roman vigiles and the 1666 Great Fire of London to modern pumpers, SCBA, wildland crews, and NIST fire models like FDS and CFAST.
Firefighting foam
Firefighting foam, including Class A foam, is a water, concentrate, and air mixture applied as a bubble blanket that cools fires and blocks flammable vapors.
Fireflies (Martin Garrix and U2 song)
Fireflies is a 24 July 2026 single by Martin Garrix and U2, the first track with all four U2 members, premiered at Tomorrowland Belgium with The Edge, released via STMPD RCRDS/Darkroom Records.
Fireflies (Owl City song)
"Fireflies" is Owl City's 2009 debut single from Ocean Eyes, written by Adam Young during insomnia in Owatonna, Minnesota; it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and earned RIAA diamond certification in 2023.
Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu
Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu (फ़ायरफ्लाइज़: पार्थ और जुगनू) is a 2023 Hindi ZEE5 fantasy drama, 10 episodes, directed by Hemant Gaba, starring Meet Mukhi and Aekam Binjwe as Parth and Jugnu.
Fireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai is an AI company founded by Krish Ramineni and Sam Udotong in 2016 whose software transcribes and summarizes meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams.
Firefly
Fireflies (Lampyridae), also called lightning bugs, are bioluminescent beetles, not flies or true bugs, with about 2,200-2,500 species that glow via luciferin and luciferase, flash species-specific courtship signals, and face habitat loss, pesticides, and light pollution.
Firefly (2025 film)
Firefly (Kannada: ಫೈರ್ ಫ್ಲೈ) is a 2025 Kannada adventure comedy drama directed by and starring Vamshi Krishna, produced by Niveditha Shivarajkumar. Released 24 April 2025; CBFC UA 16+; about Vicky coping with his parents' death, coma, and insomnia.
Firefly (DC Comics)
Firefly (Garfield Lynns) is a DC Comics Batman villain debuting in Detective Comics #184 (June 1952) by France Herron and Dick Sprang, originally a light-effects criminal, later reimagined as a jetpack-and-flamethrower pyromaniac; Ted Carson and Gotham's Bridgit Pike also used the name.
Firefly (festival)
Firefly Music Festival was a music festival held at The Woodlands of Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, from 2012 until its final edition in 2022.
Firefly (G.I. Joe)
Firefly is the Cobra saboteur of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a faceless explosives and demolition expert from Hasbro's 1984 toy wave and Marvel comic #24; known for a classified identity, Swiss-bank fees, the 1992 Red Ninja Warlord retcon in #126, and later continuities from Sigma 6 to Image/Skybound silent missions.
Firefly (Honkai: Star Rail)
Firefly (流萤) is a Honkai: Star Rail character: a Stellaron Hunter in SAM armor, Fire-element Destruction five-star released in version 2.3, built around super break damage and the Complete Combustion state.
Firefly (TV series)
Firefly (2002) is Joss Whedon's space western TV series for Fox about the crew of the ship Serenity 500 years in the future. Cancelled after 11 of 14 episodes, it spawned the 2005 film Serenity and a 2026 animated revival.
Firefly (萤火虫) (vehicle)
The Firefly (萤火虫), also called Nio Firefly, is a small five-door electric hatchback from Firefly, NIO's third brand, launched in China in April 2025 and named World Urban Car 2026.
Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is an American space company in Cedar Park, Texas, known for the Alpha rocket and the Blue Ghost lander that achieved the first fully successful private Moon landing in 2025.
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost
Blue Ghost is a family of robotic lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace under NASA's CLPS program; its first mission landed 10 instruments on the Moon in 2025.