fire department
noun
1
: an organization for preventing or extinguishing fires
especially
: a government division (as in a municipality) having these duties
2
: the members of a fire department
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The fire department said no firefighters were injured, but three police officers at the scene were injured and taken to a hospital.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Mar. 2026
The city had three fire department employees paid $200,000 or more last year in injury pay.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
MacKinnon tried calling tree companies, the fire department and animal control.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 28 Feb. 2026
However, officers returned to the area sometime later after reports of altercations and injuries, per LPD's John Romero, in order to protect fire department medics who were called to the scene.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Mar. 2026
The city had three fire department employees paid $200,000 or more last year in injury pay.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
MacKinnon tried calling tree companies, the fire department and animal control.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 28 Feb. 2026
However, officers returned to the area sometime later after reports of altercations and injuries, per LPD's John Romero, in order to protect fire department medics who were called to the scene.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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