firehouse
Americannoun
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Origin of firehouse
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The developer agreed to spend another $5 million so the city can have a second firehouse and to make other community payments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
He joked about feeling “safe” because there is a tiny county firehouse half a block away, “but the fire was even closer!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
After a significant fire call, we often note the improved morale and camaraderie of the firehouse.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024
Trump had visited the same firehouse, as well as a next-door police precinct, when he returned to the city in 2021 after leaving office to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
Now so dizzy he could barely stand, he was about to ask the first person he encountered for help when he literally bumped into his superior, the lieutenant in charge of the firehouse.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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