fire department

Example Sentences

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“Crime was completely out of control, and the department was functioning like a fire department. There wasn’t much proactive work going on because the police were kind of hated.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A fire department officer told AFP a gas leak may have caused the fire but they "cannot rule out another possibility" yet.

From Barron's

“Not sure what happened, but the fire department left already...yes...I’m shutting it down now...all the important files are on the secure server...I can handle this. Will you trust me, please?”

From Literature

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 Literature

Edison blames the county fire department, sheriff’s department and office of emergency management for their failure to warn Altadena residents west of Lake Avenue to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times