fire department
Example Sentences
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The fire department received 674 calls for assistance from Wednesday through the early hours of Thursday.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The police, ambulance, fire department, cyclone-warning system and, of course, Zoël Manguillier, the guy to call when the groom drops his wedding ring in the Indian Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Palisades resident and architect Ardie Tavangarian is so confident in his design that he even asked the fire department if they could start a controlled fire on the property to test it all out.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
But the painful details of the fire — the missteps of the fire department, the empty reservoir — didn’t matter when it came to deciding how to rebuild, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
“If that person in a passing car hadn’t noticed the smoke and called the fire department, and if they hadn’t come so quickly, the entire building could have burned to the ground.”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
