firehouse

[fahyuhr-hous]

noun

plural

firehouses 

1. fire station.

Word History and Origins

Origin of firehouse¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; fire + house

Example Sentences

Bass also visited firehouses, hearing from firefighters on what they were looking for in a chief.

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Fox 11, which first published the Fire Department memo, reported that several firehouses lowered their flags to half-staff anyway.

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Outside of firehouse duties, Regan champions female representation in the fire service.

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When Michele Kaemmerer showed up at firehouses in the 1990s, she sometimes encountered firefighters who didn’t want to work with her and would ask to go home sick.

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He joked about feeling “safe” because there is a tiny county firehouse half a block away, “but the fire was even closer!”

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