fire department

Example Sentences

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GEO Group is currently fighting the City of Newark over the municipality’s right to require a certificate of occupancy and regular fire department inspections of the massive congregant care site.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

The fire department for Brownsville was dispatched to respond to the accident on Friday, said the city’s fire chief, Jarrett Sheldon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The captain of the regional fire department, Álvaro Farfán, said emergency workers were still working to retrieve the miners' bodies.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

"If it had hit the sides of the building, it could have struck an occupied apartment," a fire department officer told the G1 news website.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

In the meantime Mr. Blair and the Sunoco station manager had to get the fire department to break in the door and get Claude out.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson