brigade
Example Sentences
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They may be joined later by another Marine Expeditionary Unit as well as command elements and a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne.
After Farmer went to see what had happened, she described seeing "at least five ambulances", a police helicopter and the fire brigade.
From BBC
The fire brigade in Dresden says this is the city's largest evacuation to date for such an incident, affecting around 18,000 residents, tourists and commuters.
From BBC
As opportunities to flex their military might diminished, samurai instead became landed gentry, taking on bureaucratic roles as tax agents, heads of fire brigades and land managers.
"When the fire siren or pager went off in the middle of the night - everybody in the house was waking up, whether you were in the fire brigade or not at the time," said Raymond.
From BBC
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