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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The city’s fire department and ocean rescue sped to the scene and found three people injured.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Using it to address persistent trade deficits — a chronic, macroeconomic condition — is calling the fire department for a leaky faucet.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, water rescues were underway in flooded parts of Nashville, Tennessee, where the rain could persist for days after an unnerving night of tornado warnings that drained the batteries of some sirens across the city, the fire department said.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Officials also found the child’s father, who had climbed down the canyon, the fire department told WBBM-TV.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Using it to address persistent trade deficits — a chronic, macroeconomic condition — is calling the fire department for a leaky faucet.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, water rescues were underway in flooded parts of Nashville, Tennessee, where the rain could persist for days after an unnerving night of tornado warnings that drained the batteries of some sirens across the city, the fire department said.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Officials also found the child’s father, who had climbed down the canyon, the fire department told WBBM-TV.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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