(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
05/05/2026 12:39 / RPD Precinct 4 313C1 / ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT , TRAFFIC AND/OR CROWD CONTROL - S BELVIDERE ST RICH: @LEE BRIDGE - NB Enroute #rva
also hey what’s up i got voted onto the fire department last night so next week i can start attending first responder training !!
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.
“05/05/2026 12:39 / RPD Precinct 4 313C1 / ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT , TRAFFIC AND/OR CROWD CONTROL - S BELVIDERE ST RICH: @LEE BRIDGE - NB Enroute #rva”
“also hey what’s up i got voted onto the fire department last night so next week i can start attending first responder training !!”
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(firefighting, UK, Irish) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
(firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires.
(firefighting) Service in a fire department or other firefighting organization, whether as a chosen career, or as a result of volunteering or a form of prison labor.
(firefighting, US) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department.
The menu will include pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk and coffee for a donation to the fire department. Donations will be used to provide and maintain proper equipment and tools to perform the services the fire…
“The menu will include pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk and coffee for a donation to the fire department. Donations will be used to provide and maintain proper equipment and tools to perform the services the fire department provides to Morrison and surrounding areas.”
“they volunteered for a bunch of different things: the fire department, the national park service, things for their church, a fishing club. my grandfather died in 2001 but my family has continued to be volunteer judges for the fishing tournament since then”
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(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.