fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

Examples of fire chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the smoky haze in Aurora is not due to a local fire, Nickel, the interim fire chief, encouraged residents to continue staying vigilant about fires. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026

Corvallis’ ambulance service would be slower to respond to 911 calls, putting residents’ lives in danger, wrote the city’s fire chief, Ben Janes. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 July 2026

The driver, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was transported to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with serious injuries, the Vineyard Gazette reported, citing Tisbury fire chief Patrick Rolston and the state police. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Water-dumping planes repeatedly dived into the Seine River to scoop up water and douse the fires — the first time such aircraft had ever been used to fight fires in the Paris region, the regional fire chief said. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire chief

• cloverleaf
• disbelief
• leitmotif
• overleaf
• unbelief
• beef
• brief
• fief
• grief
• leaf
• lief
• reef