fire apparatus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire apparatus
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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She was a fire apparatus engineer in 2007 and was promoted to captain in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
Because the incident was a line-of-duty death, the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety did an investigation that generated a 21 -page report captioned "career firefighter killed upon being run over by fire apparatus."
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2022
Kovatch grew KME into the country’s largest private manufacturer of fire apparatus.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
The department says in a release that he fell while he was returning a fire apparatus to service.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
We ate our sweet potatoes raw, as no one cared to risk further failure with the fire apparatus, and after a time our crestfallen chief came back and joined us.
From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Swiggett, Samuel A.
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