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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sliding poles</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>public building fixtures</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>firepole</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>firepoles</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>poles, sliding</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sliding pole</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Vertical poles in fire stations positioned to facilitate getting firefighters quickly and safely from their sleeping quarters to their vehicles; invented in the United States in the late 1870s. ]]></note></mads>