fire department
Example Sentences
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When your home is burning, and the local fire department doesn’t show up, it burns down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
When a glass door shattered on the arm of 19-year-old De'Mari Benham, with blood running down his limb and with few other options, he was rushed to the fire department in a friend's car.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The building’s solar array had a shutdown switch that firefighters flipped when the most recent blaze began, according to the fire department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Los Angeles County fire department rescue team is ending operations after its latest searches showed no signs of life, and teams from Florida and Virginia were packing up to leave this weekend, they said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
