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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Multiple fire departments worked to suppress the blaze, police said.
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Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit currently has teams in 46 states that regularly visit not only police and fire departments, but also EMS workers and 9-1-1 dispatch centers.
—Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
The refinery has its own fire department, and other agencies also responded to the incident.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
After the body was retrieved from the pickup, the Marion County Coroner's Office requested that Johnson County officials and the fire department transfer the body to the Indianapolis facility, since the pursuit began in Indianapolis.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The nonprofit currently has teams in 46 states that regularly visit not only police and fire departments, but also EMS workers and 9-1-1 dispatch centers.
—Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
The refinery has its own fire department, and other agencies also responded to the incident.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
After the body was retrieved from the pickup, the Marion County Coroner's Office requested that Johnson County officials and the fire department transfer the body to the Indianapolis facility, since the pursuit began in Indianapolis.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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