fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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The first arriving fire engine company stayed to evaluate the patient, while all other fire personnel returned to service, Johnson added.
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Fourteen fire engines, two battalion chiefs and about 60 personnel responded to the fires, authorities added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
The efforts to protect McKinley Grove are ongoing, with smokejumpers, hand crews, and fire engines working to mitigate the threat to the Giant Sequoias.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The structure housed fire engines as well as showers, changing rooms, and a kitchenette for fire fighters.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
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Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Fourteen fire engines, two battalion chiefs and about 60 personnel responded to the fires, authorities added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
The efforts to protect McKinley Grove are ongoing, with smokejumpers, hand crews, and fire engines working to mitigate the threat to the Giant Sequoias.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The structure housed fire engines as well as showers, changing rooms, and a kitchenette for fire fighters.
—Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire engine
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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