Definition of fire chief
: the head of a fire department
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Lebanon fire Chief Sam Schneider told the Star that a city code calls for a smoke detector to be installed in every bedroom of a home, and there must be at least one on every floor.
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The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Lebanon fire Chief Sam Schneider said Thursday.
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McCormick and Smeltzer had just interviewed the town's fire chief, who reminded them to be careful with the heavy rains and mudslides.
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My house survived the fire because the volunteer fire chief, who drove up his street in a fire truck and saw his own house burning, had the presence of mind to keep moving, to keep working to save what remained.
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Also at the scene were two Porter County sheriff’s deputies, two Hebron police officers and the Hebron fire chief.
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Kochanek served in the Rocky Hill Volunteer Fire Department for 37 years and was fire chief for 11 of those years.
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An unattended candle is the likely cause of a weekend fire that heavily damaged a duplex and displaced two families, the fire chief said Monday.
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Students also had the chance to question a panel of local legislators, police and fire chiefs and county officials.
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