fire department
noun
1
: an organization for preventing or extinguishing fires
especially
: a government division (as in a municipality) having these duties
2
: the members of a fire department
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Van Horn’s case is among a series of incidents The Star has reported on in recent months in which fire department employees charged with crimes — including assaults, a felony drug case and multiple DWIs — have stayed on the job.
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Divers from the fire department recovered the body of a 39-year-old man, who was transported to a local hospital.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The team is made of experts from across the State Department, along with two urban search-and-rescue teams from the fire departments of Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles County, California.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Orange County officials enacted an emergency moratorium on new large-scale battery storage facilities in February, following the Moss Landing fire, while county officials there work with fire departments to draft new local regulations.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Divers from the fire department recovered the body of a 39-year-old man, who was transported to a local hospital.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The team is made of experts from across the State Department, along with two urban search-and-rescue teams from the fire departments of Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles County, California.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Orange County officials enacted an emergency moratorium on new large-scale battery storage facilities in February, following the Moss Landing fire, while county officials there work with fire departments to draft new local regulations.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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