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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Qualifying fire department vehicles, and police ones as well, can drive solo under state law in the carpool lanes if responding to an emergency, explained Fernando Perez, a California Highway Patrol officer and spokesman out of the Santa Ana outpost.
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Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
County damage assessment teams will work Friday to evaluate the number of buildings impacted and the extent of property loss from the mudslides, according to the county fire department.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The fire department is an entirely socialist idea.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Soon after Biscari pleaded guilty in February 2023 to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years of probation, the fire department announced its intention to fire him and suspended him without pay pending an internal investigation.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
County damage assessment teams will work Friday to evaluate the number of buildings impacted and the extent of property loss from the mudslides, according to the county fire department.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The fire department is an entirely socialist idea.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Soon after Biscari pleaded guilty in February 2023 to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to three years of probation, the fire department announced its intention to fire him and suspended him without pay pending an internal investigation.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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