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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According to the term sheet, which outlines plans but isn't an official contract, union negotiations cannot legally begin until the joint fire department's formation because the new department would have to form its own union.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The fire department says that the man's death cannot be ruled a fire fatality until investigations are complete.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The Kansas City Fire Department rotated personnel all day Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins, a fire department spokesman.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
More than a dozen Kentucky fire departments, including Okolona, rushed to the scene to put out the towering fire from the UPS crash in October.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The fire department says that the man's death cannot be ruled a fire fatality until investigations are complete.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The Kansas City Fire Department rotated personnel all day Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins, a fire department spokesman.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
More than a dozen Kentucky fire departments, including Okolona, rushed to the scene to put out the towering fire from the UPS crash in October.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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