fire department
noun
1
: an organization for preventing or extinguishing fires
especially
: a government division (as in a municipality) having these duties
2
: the members of a fire department
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The Metropolitan Police Department and the local fire department referred comment to the Capitol Police.
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Lisa Mascaro, TIME, 22 May 2024
The incident was reported to the local fire department and an ambulance was dispatched to the hotel.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 May 2024
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Lisa Mascaro, TIME, 22 May 2024
The incident was reported to the local fire department and an ambulance was dispatched to the hotel.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for fire department
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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