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Definition of Fire department
1. Noun. The department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires.
Specialized synonyms: Fire Brigade
Member holonyms: Fire Fighter, Fire-eater, Firefighter, Fireman
Definition of Fire department
1. Noun. (context: firefighting US) An organization, often part of a local government whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Department
Literary usage of Fire department
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"fire department Committee. An act to establish tire limits, ... A fire department.
Report of the chief engineer of the fire department of the eastern ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"fire department Committee. An act to establish fire limits, ... A fire department.
Report of the chief engineer of the fire department of the eastern ..."
3. Georgia and state rights: A study of the political history of Georgia from by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1902)
"fire department. Ph. L. The regular printed report of the fire department, given
with the first annual report of the fire marshal for the year 1858, ..."
4. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"The fire department shall consist of a city commissioner, a chief, and such
assistants, ... Appointments—Duties of the chief of the fire department. SEC. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"847, 39 Рас. 273; Russell v. members of its fire department, upon the ground that
such department is not maintained for the benefit of the corporation as ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"11 Am City 12:496-7 Je '15 Motorizing the fire department of ... Survey 35:191-2
N 30 '15 fire department organization in industrial plants. NV Holmes. ..."
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