fire department

Example Sentences

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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

Isis Wu, its president of global residential fire & safety, adds, "In the case of a fire, it'll send you an alert and it'll ask you to confirm before you call out the fire department."

From BBC

The local fire department said it was not able to enter building due to risk of collapse, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported.

From BBC

“In 20 years working at coastal fire departments, I had yet to respond to a shark attack. They’re very infrequent,” Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times