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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organized body of firefighters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organized body of firemen belonging to a particular town or district.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun firefighting, US A group of people within a
corporation orindustrial site, organized for thepurpose ofputting out fires , usually in addition to their normal job. - noun firefighting, UK An organization, often part of a
local government , whosepurpose ispreventing andputting out fires .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
- noun British name for a fire department
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