fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

Examples of fire station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Essential projects include but are not limited to housing, healthcare facilities, clean energy, police and fire stations, and education facilities. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Ritter said the district has two fire stations and some of the buildings’ infrastructure is more than 20 years old. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

The city plans to use the funds to add a battalion chief, demolish and reconstruct Fire Stations 33 and 37, build a training center and an additional fire station, purchase another ladder truck and two more ambulances and hire 36 more firefighters. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

About $305 million would fund a new public safety building, while $145 million would repair existing fire stations and build four new ones to improve emergency response times, the Herald editorial board reported. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire station

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation

Kids Definition

fire station

noun

: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters