fire department

Example Sentences

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Officers then requested the fire department for help.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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

For decades, St. Michael’s had its own fire department and ambulance department, staffed largely by student volunteers and serving nearby towns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Once when his class had visited the fire department, his picture had been in the paper at home.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg