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fire department

NOUN
engine company
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In 2007, a mediator determined that despite fiscal travails, Vallejo couldn’t reduce the size of its fire department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The fire department analyzed dispatch records and saw a dire need to add more resources, Bitchakdjian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The fire department said the helicopter went down between two commercial buildings, damaging four vehicles and two containers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The helicopter came down between two commercial buildings at a storage facility and landed on two shipping containers and several vehicles parked in the area, the fire department said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Hardly any-body could tell you the name of a city councilman, or a county commissioner, or the head of the public works department, or the planning department, or the fire department.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger


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