fire truck

[fahyuhr truhk] / ˈfaɪər ˌtrʌk /

NOUN

truck used to fight fires

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fire engine

WEAK

hook and ladder ladder truck

Example Sentences

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The condolence video was released after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport in New York shortly after landing, killing Forest and another pilot, Mackenzie Gunther.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Forest and the other pilot, Mackenzie Gunther, were killed when an Air Canada plane operated by Jazz Aviation collided with a fire truck on Sunday night at LaGuardia airport in New York shortly after landing.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Media reports said investigators were probing whether airport traffic controllers were distracted by a separate odor issue on a United Airlines flight -- the emergency to which the fire truck was responding.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Homendy added that the runway safety system ASDE-X, designed to track aircraft and ground vehicles, did not generate an alert before the crash because the fire truck was not equipped with a transponder.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

A fire truck came to put out the fire.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times