fire chief
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire chief
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The fire department for Brownsville was dispatched to respond to the accident on Friday, said the city’s fire chief, Jarrett Sheldon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Leipzig fire chief Axel Schuh said 22 people were injured, two seriously.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
“We won’t leave a fire that has any hot spots,” Kristin Crowley, the fire chief at the time, said at a community meeting Jan. 16, 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Both McDonnell and the new fire chief make far less than Janisse Quiñones, general manager of the Department of Water and Power, who was sworn in at $750,000 a year.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Everybody said this was a great way to advertise fire prevention, and they congratulated the mayor and the fire chief for thinking it up, and the fire chief congratulated Mr. Santoro for donating the pizza.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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