fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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The legislation would also ensure fire engines, helicopters and vegetation management crews are working every month of the year.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Approximately 30 emergency vehicles, including eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and about a dozen ambulances, were dispatched to the scene, according to Boise Fire.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
The blaze, dubbed the Sepulveda Fire, prompted evacuation warnings for residents as local television stations showed multiple fire engines on the scene and firefighting helicopters dumping water to combat the fire.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Some 66 firefighters and six fire engines have been deployed to tackle the flames.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Approximately 30 emergency vehicles, including eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and about a dozen ambulances, were dispatched to the scene, according to Boise Fire.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
The blaze, dubbed the Sepulveda Fire, prompted evacuation warnings for residents as local television stations showed multiple fire engines on the scene and firefighting helicopters dumping water to combat the fire.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Some 66 firefighters and six fire engines have been deployed to tackle the flames.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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