fireman
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“Forget that one. It’s gone,” they heard one fireman say, referring to their house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"So it is!" chimed in an off-duty fireman nearby.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
“It could be winds, brush clearance, luck,” said Scott Brown, a fireman assigned to Los Angeles County Fire Station 66 about a mile east in Kinneloa Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
And I became a public relations man for General Electric in Schenectady, New York, and a volunteer fireman in the village of Alplaus, where I bought my first home.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Five people have been lightly injured, including three firemen and a police officer, it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Volunteer firemen is a tradition as old as the nation, but fewer young people are signing up to do the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
An unverified video circulating on social media showed firemen entering a heavily damaged flat covered in dust and rubble and with blown-out windows, while another showed drone debris strewn across the street below.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
In the Nashville airport, he found himself alongside a group of firemen heading to Oklahoma to help with the rescue.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
And a sort of panic was beginning to break out among the firemen and the policemen on the rooftop.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
