fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters show up, closing the busy highway next to the landfill.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Several emergency units took part in the rescue, including a fire engine, rescue crew, battalion chief, a helicopter team and a public information officer.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Kids will get a chance to meet search-and-rescue horses, attend storytime with a firefighter and climb aboard fire engines and other vehicles, said Dr. Shruti Dhapodkar, director of the county’s Department of Emergency Management.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Crews on the fire included four fire engines, two dozers, a water tender and one overhead resource.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Several emergency units took part in the rescue, including a fire engine, rescue crew, battalion chief, a helicopter team and a public information officer.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Kids will get a chance to meet search-and-rescue horses, attend storytime with a firefighter and climb aboard fire engines and other vehicles, said Dr. Shruti Dhapodkar, director of the county’s Department of Emergency Management.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Crews on the fire included four fire engines, two dozers, a water tender and one overhead resource.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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