Fire Beater 3 : A birch broom or piece of rubber or wire netting attached to a long handle used to extinguish brush fires. See: Fire Bat, Fire Broom; See also: Flail, Swatter
Ralph W. Burklin & Robert G. Purington, Fire Terms: A Guide to Their Meaning and Use, National Protection Association, Boston, MA 1980 USA. (Guide: Meaning and Use, Nat Prot Association Fr Srvc - Amer) {457}