fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

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The grand jury indictment means the former fire chief’s criminal case skips the preliminary hearing phase and moves directly to trial. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Other aldermen came to the fire chief's defense. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025 Carlos Giménez is seventy-one, an immigrant from Havana who, before being elected to the House, served as the fire chief of Miami and as the mayor of Miami-Dade County. Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Continue reading … ‘CROSSED THE LINE’ – Big city fire chief on leave over 'incendiary' post mocking Charlie Kirk's death. FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire chief

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire chief was in 1847

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“Fire chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20chief. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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