fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Ray Jadallah, the county’s fire chief, said Miami-Dade remains on track to expand fire services even more after opening stations and purchasing new fire engines in recent years.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Newsom said a total of 47 fire engines, nine water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams are now in place across Southern California.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Among the resources the governor is deploying are firefighters, 32 fire engines, five helicopters and nine bulldozers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Six Delray Beach Police officers have been cleared after the internal investigation of an off-duty car crash in 2023 involving the firefighter who would later be terminated for driving a fire engine into the path of a Brightline train.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Newsom said a total of 47 fire engines, nine water tenders, nine bulldozers, five helicopters, 10 hand crews, 14 dispatchers and two Incident Management Teams are now in place across Southern California.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Among the resources the governor is deploying are firefighters, 32 fire engines, five helicopters and nine bulldozers.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Six Delray Beach Police officers have been cleared after the internal investigation of an off-duty car crash in 2023 involving the firefighter who would later be terminated for driving a fire engine into the path of a Brightline train.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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