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

Examples of fire department in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First responders were able to help the man out of the tube before the fire department’s rescue companies arrived, Nolan said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Members of the fire department and Plymouth County Dive Team eventually extricated Carrara out of the two-seat plane. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026

Initial reports indicated a fire had broken out on the vessel, but authorities later determined witnesses had mistaken steam for smoke, the fire department said in a news release. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Part of the problem is that these conditions, which are created by police and fire departments and not FilmLA, have been built up over years or even decades, and they’re not reviewed or regularly removed. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for fire department

• apartment
• compartment
• departement