Adair, Red

Adair, Red
▪ 2005
Paul Neal Adair 
      American firefighter (b. June 18, 1915, Houston, Texas—d. Aug. 7, 2004, Houston), showed remarkable daring and creativity in fighting oil blowouts and fires. He took his first job in the oil industry in 1938 and served during World War II with the 139th Bomb Disposal Squad in Japan. After returning to Houston, he began working as an oil-field firefighter, and in 1959 he started the Red Adair Co. His reputation as an exceptionally talented firefighter was established in 1962 when his team extinguished the “Devil's Cigarette Lighter,” a gas fire that had been raging in the desert of Algeria for six months. This daring feat was reenacted in the film Hellfighters (1968), in which John Wayne portrayed Adair. His teams were credited with fighting more than 2,000 fires in his career, including the Bay Marchand blaze off the coast of Louisiana in 1970, the IXTOC blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979, and the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea. In 1991 Adair was asked to help cap the oil fires set by Iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War. Although it was thought that controlling these fires would take years to accomplish, Adair's team capped 117 wells and aided other teams in completing the job in eight months. Adair retired from firefighting in 1994.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Red — steht für: Random early detection: ein Verfahren zum aktiven Warteschlangenmanagement in der Netzwerktechnologie Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, ein amerikanischer Hersteller von digitalen 35 mm Kinokameras, Objektiven, Suchern und Software… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Red. — steht für: Random early detection: ein Verfahren zum aktiven Warteschlangenmanagement in der Netzwerktechnologie Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, ein amerikanischer Hersteller von digitalen 35 mm Kinokameras, Objektiven, Suchern und Software… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adair — heißen Orte in Neuseeland Adair (Neuseeland) in den Vereinigte Staaten Adair (Iowa) Adair (Idaho) Adair (Illinois) Adair (Kentucky) Adair (Michigan) Adair (Missouri) Adair (Mississippi) Adair (Ohio) Adair (Oklahoma) Adair (Tennessee) Adair… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • RED — steht für: European Renewable Energy Directive R.E.D. – Älter, Härter, Besser, ein US amerikanischer Film aus dem Jahr 2010 Random early detection, ein Verfahren zum aktiven Warteschlangenmanagement in der Netzwerktechnologie Red Digital Cinema… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Red Adair — Die Straße um die South Shore Harbour Marina in League City, Texas, wo Adair ein Boot hatte, wurde nach ihm benannt. Paul Neal Adair, bekannt als Red Adair (* 18. Juni 1915 in Houston, Texas; † 7. August 2004 in Houston) war ein US amerikanischer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Red Adair — Red Adair, né Paul Neal Adair le 18 juin 1915 à Houston au Texas et décédé le 7 août 2004 à Houston, est un pompier américain, spécialiste dans l extinction des feux de puits de pétrole. Il eut notamment en charge l extinction …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Adair Park — is a residential neighborhood located southwest of downtown Atlanta and adjacent to the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks.HistoryThis bungalow suburb was developed from the 1890s to the 1940s, when Atlanta was transitioning from a railroad town to …   Wikipedia

  • Red (disambiguation) — Red is a color.Red or RED may also refer to:General*Red Army the name of the Soviet Army until 1947 *RED Digital Cinema, a manufacturer of digital film cameras *Red (nightclub), in Washington, D.C. *Random early detection, a queue management… …   Wikipedia

  • Red Adair — Paul Neal Red Adair (June 18, 1915 ndash; August 7, 2004) [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2281867.stm Obituary: Red Adair] , BBC News, August 8 2004] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1279227,00.html Obituary: Red Adair] , The …   Wikipedia

  • Adair — TOC PeopleFamily nameAdair is a family name of Irish and Scottish origin. *Allan Henry Shafto Adair (1897 1988) British army officer, 6th Baronet *Beegie Adair (born 1936) jazz pianist *Bill Adair (1913 2002) baseball player/manager *Bonnie Adair …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”