engine company

NOUN

firefighter unit

Synonyms

WEAK

fire brigade fire company fire department

Example Sentences

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Need someone to carry one of those heavy engine company water hoses, Datte can do that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Then there is movement between teams and manufacturers in terms of employment - people leaving one team or engine company to work for another.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Murphy retired from racing in the late 1970s and became a buyer for Rocketdyne, a rocket engine company in Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Shortly after the arrival of the first engine company, the fire was reported to have extended into the vegetation and a full wildland fire dispatch was initiated, which included fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Thither all the idlers in the village were congregated to witness the exercises of the engine company, this being the afternoon of their monthly practice.

From Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel