fire department

noun

1. the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.

2. the personnel in such a department.

fire department

noun

1. the department of a local authority responsible for the prevention and extinguishing of fires

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire department¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

The refinery has its own fire department and other regional agencies assisted in the response.

From Los Angeles Times

The reports provides two examples of fire department staff flagging that the fire may be burning west more than an hour before evacuations alerts went out for west Altadena.

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The fire department said 37 personnel responded to the fire, with one taken to a hospital after suffering minor burns.

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Dunleavy said Edison did not tell the fire department about the failure of its equipment in 2019 because it happened at a tower miles away from where the fire ignited.

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His first year with the fire department left him with no time to build, and he began to miss woodworking deeply.

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