fire brigade

Example Sentences

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The job of closing those massive gates fell to fire brigades.

From Literature

A total of 85 firefighters, 13 helicopters and eight water bombing planes were sent in to contain the wildfire west of Athens on Monday, a fire brigade official said.

From Reuters

Wildfires in wooded hills near Jerusalem were contained on Tuesday, the Israeli fire brigade said, after crews waged a three-day battle joined by Palestinian firefighters and the Israeli Air Force.

From Reuters

A fire brigade official said he understood people who lost their homes were upset, but said firefighters had done all they could.

From Reuters

The fire brigade was bracing for a pick up in winds from Tuesday afternoon which could cause more flare ups on Greece’s second largest island, where fires were burning for an eighth day.

From Reuters