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 agencies, including other fire departments and the Hamilton County Urban Search and Rescue team, responded to the trench nestled in a yard between two properties and have been conducting rescue operations for about six hours to the dig the men out, Jetter said.
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Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2025
According to Coffman, the fire department worked in conjunction with an investigator with Skippy's insurance company and directed comments to that investigator, Richard Ritchie.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2025
The designs can vary significantly depending on the building’s construction materials, floor plans, and the radio frequencies used by local fire departments.
—Niurys Robaina, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Newburyport, Massachusetts police and fire department dive teams have suspended a large search for a missing boater in the Merrimack River Wednesday night and will return to the water Thursday morning.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2025
According to Coffman, the fire department worked in conjunction with an investigator with Skippy's insurance company and directed comments to that investigator, Richard Ritchie.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2025
The designs can vary significantly depending on the building’s construction materials, floor plans, and the radio frequencies used by local fire departments.
—Niurys Robaina, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Newburyport, Massachusetts police and fire department dive teams have suspended a large search for a missing boater in the Merrimack River Wednesday night and will return to the water Thursday morning.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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