fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

Examples of fire chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At a public hearing in December, so many showed up that the fire chief had to shut it down. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Since October, the city has spent over $8 million on vehicles, equipment, consultants and transitional police and fire chiefs and executive officers in preparation of establishing city police and fire departments. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

The fire chief serves as a member of the city’s executive leadership team. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

The fire chief, Gene Perreault, who was there during the walk-through, tells me the piles puzzled investigators. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 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