fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters were called to a blaze at the BBC’s former Television Centre headquarters in West London’s White City overnight on Saturday.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Fire officials have requested additional resources such as fire engines, dozers and an aircraft.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Ray Jadallah, the county’s fire chief, said Miami-Dade remains on track to expand fire services even more after opening stations and purchasing new fire engines in recent years.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Newsom said a total of 47 fire engines, nine water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams are now in place across Southern California.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Fire officials have requested additional resources such as fire engines, dozers and an aircraft.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Ray Jadallah, the county’s fire chief, said Miami-Dade remains on track to expand fire services even more after opening stations and purchasing new fire engines in recent years.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Newsom said a total of 47 fire engines, nine water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams are now in place across Southern California.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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