fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Well over half of the LAFD’s fire engines are due to be replaced.
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Firefighters have implemented backfiring tactics—intentionally burning areas ahead of the main fire to remove fuel—and deployed fire engines, bulldozers, and ground crews.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Fire trucks are different from the more familiar standard fire engine.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
In total, 45 fire engines and 375 personnel have been sent to the Black Cove Complex wildfires.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Firefighters have implemented backfiring tactics—intentionally burning areas ahead of the main fire to remove fuel—and deployed fire engines, bulldozers, and ground crews.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Fire trucks are different from the more familiar standard fire engine.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
In total, 45 fire engines and 375 personnel have been sent to the Black Cove Complex wildfires.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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