fire company

Example Sentences

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Since Benjamin Franklin organized the emerging nation’s first unpaid fire company in Philadelphia in 1736, volunteering has been as definitively American as Girl Scout cookies, blood donation and school bake sales.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Philadelphia still boasts many of them today: the Library Company, the American Philosophical Society, and the University of Pennsylvania are the most well-known, but Franklin also created a fire company, founded a hospital, and more.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2022

The firefighter in that case had been responding to emergency calls for hours, but found his car stolen when he left the fire company Tuesday.

From Fox News • Jul. 24, 2021

It was only picked up by another fire company miles away.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2019

I can hear the bar down by the fire company.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King