Definition of Fire department

1. Noun. The department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires.


Definition of Fire department

1. Noun. (context: firefighting US) An organization, often part of a local government whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Department

fire bush
fire chief
fire chiefs
fire clay
fire code
fire companies
fire company
fire control
fire control radar
fire control system
fire crotch
fire cupping
fire dancer
fire department
fire departments
fire dog
fire dogs
fire door
fire drill
fire drills
fire eater
fire eaters
fire engine
fire engine red
fire engine reds
fire engines
fire escape
fire escapes

Literary usage of Fire department

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"fire department Committee. An act to establish tire limits, ... A fire department. Report of the chief engineer of the fire department of the eastern ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"fire department Committee. An act to establish fire limits, ... A fire department. Report of the chief engineer of the fire department of the eastern ..."

3. Georgia and state rights: A study of the political history of Georgia from by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1902)
"fire department. Ph. L. The regular printed report of the fire department, given with the first annual report of the fire marshal for the year 1858, ..."

4. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"The fire department shall consist of a city commissioner, a chief, and such assistants, ... Appointments—Duties of the chief of the fire department. SEC. ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"847, 39 Рас. 273; Russell v. members of its fire department, upon the ground that such department is not maintained for the benefit of the corporation as ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"11 Am City 12:496-7 Je '15 Motorizing the fire department of ... Survey 35:191-2 N 30 '15 fire department organization in industrial plants. NV Holmes. ..."

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