brigade

Example Sentences

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He alerted the police and the fire brigade and said that rescue teams arrived at the site shortly after.

From BBC

Faisal said that it took a long time for the fire brigade to arrive, "while the ambulances, which weren't even needed at that moment - had already reached".

From BBC

But with an estimated 2,000 members from all branches of the armed forces as well as the national guard, the national police and the secret police, it’s as big as a brigade.

From The Wall Street Journal

"At that point I called the fire brigade," she remembers.

From BBC

The chairman of the German Reservists Association, Patrick Sensburg, has called for at least one European brigade to be stationed in Greenland as soon as possible.

From BBC