fire brigade
a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
a small fire department privately employed by an institution.
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How to use fire brigade in a sentence
“We found them all huddled together,” Riccardo Russo of the Italian fire brigade told reporters.
That extremely vigilant body, the London fire brigade, had their nearest engines out in two minutes.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneIt's not a general conflagration, and the fire brigade won't be five minutes.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsThese young men were dressed in the uniform of the London fire brigade.
Sue, A Little Heroine | L. T. MeadeDisillusioned by me, and damped by fire-brigade, mob went off and voted for other side.
The danger of one becomes the danger of all, and a fire brigade is organized that may protect all.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. Richards
British Dictionary definitions for fire brigade
mainly British an organized body of firefighters
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