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fire brigades

n. (fire brigade English)

Usage examples of "fire brigades".

I know all the HF-radio call signs to the district fire brigades and exactly how to report the presence of a fire.

The next wave of diabolical laughter sweeps away all four fire brigades.

He waited in vain for the fire brigades to come and put them out even after the bombardment had finally ceased.

The fire brigades and some heavy evacuation equipment were starting to arrive.

Everything still appeared to be blazing, and it seemed as if the valiant, all-night efforts of the Imperial fire brigades had amounted to nothing at all.

The first attempts to raid public buildings there were squelched by police and fire brigades.

Edo's fire brigades usually managed to contain and extinguish the frequent blazes with admirable efficiency.

Throughout the city were public buildings and facilities: the fire brigades, libraries, storehouses, and cisterns.

He felt like a captain of one of Crassus' fire brigades back at Rome, turning a profit from the misfortune of others by buying burning property on the cheap.