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    Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004) was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized...
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  • was ignited on November 6, 1961, and burned until being extinguished by Red Adair and his colleagues, who used explosives to deprive the flame of oxygen...
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  • group of oil well firefighters, and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair. Adair, "Boots" Hansen, and "Coots" Matthews served as technical advisers...
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  • "Coots" Matthews (April 23, 1923 – March 31, 2010), veterans of the Red Adair Service and Marine Company. The two companies extinguished approximately...
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    Boat races in 1965, and the 1967 Orange Bowl Regatta with fire fighter Red Adair. In 1968, he entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but NASA management ordered...
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    years. His lieutenant, Red Adair, went on to become the most famous of oil well firefighters. Some of the technology used by Red Adair to seal some of the...
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    Paul N. "Red" Adair joined the M. M. Kinley Company in 1946, and worked 14 years with Myron Kinley before starting his own company, Red Adair Co., Inc...
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    (12,700–20,000 m3) total, it was the largest blowout in the North Sea. Red Adair and his crew assisted with capping the blowout. Annual oil production...
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  • War I Hellfighters (film)—the 1968 John Wayne movie based loosely on Red Adair This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hellfighters...
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    Parker. The movie was loosely based on the career of oil-well firefighter Red Adair. In the early 1970s, Hutton began working almost exclusively in television...
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