(US, firefighting, of a fire) Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.
(US, firefighting, of a fire) Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.
Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars.
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(US, in combination) A multialarm fire of a specified number of alarms.
(US) Having more than one license.
(US) The situation where one police officer firing a weapon induces others to fire as well.
(military, US) A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
(firefighting, slang) A firefighter who works from a fire truck.