fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

Examples of fire station in a Sentence

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Listen to this article Suburban voters outside Chicago generally bucked a national conservative trend in Tuesday’s election by supporting more than a dozen measures to borrow more than $1.1 billion to fund schools, and more for fire stations, park facilities and open land. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2024 David Rogers, a spokesman for the PAC, has said the district has enough money in reserves to avoid shutting down fire stations and laying off firefighters and staff. Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024 Directories for fire stations and health centers are available online United Neighborhood Center of Milwaukee, 1609 W. North Ave. David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024 One of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s fire stations in Fresno County, a bridge in Humboldt County and many roads across several other counties are among those to be renamed. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire station 

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire station was in 1877

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“Fire station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20station. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

fire station

noun
: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters

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