fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

Examples of fire chief in a Sentence

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Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford said during a news conference that the fire chief told him Smith was found in the water, AL.com reported. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025 International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 64, told county commissioners earlier this month that their master plan for overhaul renovations and rebuilds to stations across the county notably varies from the plan the city’s fire chief presented less than two months prior. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2025 The fire chief estimated around 200 people could have been displaced from the 85-unit building amid the fire. Becca Longmire, People.com, 12 May 2025 All things considered, the economic policymaking of Trump’s team looks less like rational deliberation and more like firefighting while knowing that the fire chief is the primary arsonist. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire chief

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire chief was in 1847

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“Fire chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20chief. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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