fire bell
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The volunteers “were butchers, bakers, candlestick makers who then fought fire when the fire bell rang,” Mr. Winkle says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Firefighters there are often rushing out before the fire bell sounds, attuned to listen for a faint click that happens a split-second before the emergency lights switch on.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
“This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror,” the aging Jefferson admitted.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The firefighter from Pontypandy heard his fire bell chime for the first time on November 17, 1987 on Welsh TV channel S4C.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2017
“The fire bell, like this afternoon. It’s all organized. All the kids’re going to know and none of the grownups. Especially not her.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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