fire department
noun
1
: an organization for preventing or extinguishing fires
especially
: a government division (as in a municipality) having these duties
2
: the members of a fire department
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In Oklahoma City, five people were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, while several others sought treatment on their own, according to fire department spokesperson Scott Douglas.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
No police or fire department personnel were injured, although Abdallahi remains in the hospital.
—Hanna Park, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
According to a criminal complaint: Fire and police personnel responded to the scene of the crash on Friday near North 81st Street and West Hampton Avenue to find Christopher Sloan attempting to attack fire department personnel and saying he had been shot despite a lack of a gunshot wound.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
Davies, 51, returned Oct. 4 after being released from the hospital and is recuperating at home, said a fire department spokesperson.
—Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
No police or fire department personnel were injured, although Abdallahi remains in the hospital.
—Hanna Park, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
According to a criminal complaint: Fire and police personnel responded to the scene of the crash on Friday near North 81st Street and West Hampton Avenue to find Christopher Sloan attempting to attack fire department personnel and saying he had been shot despite a lack of a gunshot wound.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
Davies, 51, returned Oct. 4 after being released from the hospital and is recuperating at home, said a fire department spokesperson.
—Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Fire department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20department. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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