fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

Examples of fire station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Miami’s mayor uses her political war chest to urge voters to approve new borrowing for city police and fire stations, those dollars are coming from developers, city vendors and Airbnb. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

The South Placer Fire District is asking voters to approve a new parcel tax to address staffing shortages, rising operating costs and the potential closure of additional fire stations. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

This upscale New Orleans cocktail bar is housed in a former fire station that dates to 1903. — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Wilmette does not have any women among the department’s 45 firefighters and the fire station redesign is seen as one way to help change that. — Andis Robeznieks, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire station

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Kids Definition

fire station

noun

: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters