fire brigade
noun
: a body of firefighters: such as
a
: a usually private or temporary firefighting organization
b
British : fire department
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And so there's all these components of equity to really try to address spillover at its source rather than the fire brigade approach. 
Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022 No injuries were reported among visitors or employees, and the small blaze was extinguished by a fire brigade run by the bureau. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 The Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency under the U.S. Department of Interior, which runs the Hoover Dam, said a transformer caught fire and was extinguished by the Reclamation/Hoover fire brigade around 30 minutes later. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 19 July 2022 The fire was extinguished 30 minutes later by dam workers and the Hoover fire brigade, the bureau said. Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 In Greece the fire brigade said on Saturday 71 blazes had broken out within a 24-hour period. Reuters, CNN, 17 July 2022 Berlin’s fire brigade tweeted that at least 60 of its responders were at the scene. Vanessa Guinan-bank, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 The Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen, in Wolfsburg, Germany—home of VW—exhibits a variety of Type 2s; everything from a fire brigade pickup truck to the most collectible of them all—the Volkswagen Samba, a 23-window Deluxe Microbus. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2022 Nuclear Waste Partnership, the contractor that manages the repository, expanded its fire brigade to a department with full-time emergency responders following two emergencies in 2014. Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc, 22 Apr. 2022 See More
Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022 No injuries were reported among visitors or employees, and the small blaze was extinguished by a fire brigade run by the bureau. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 The Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency under the U.S. Department of Interior, which runs the Hoover Dam, said a transformer caught fire and was extinguished by the Reclamation/Hoover fire brigade around 30 minutes later. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 19 July 2022 The fire was extinguished 30 minutes later by dam workers and the Hoover fire brigade, the bureau said. Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 In Greece the fire brigade said on Saturday 71 blazes had broken out within a 24-hour period. Reuters, CNN, 17 July 2022 Berlin’s fire brigade tweeted that at least 60 of its responders were at the scene. Vanessa Guinan-bank, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 The Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen, in Wolfsburg, Germany—home of VW—exhibits a variety of Type 2s; everything from a fire brigade pickup truck to the most collectible of them all—the Volkswagen Samba, a 23-window Deluxe Microbus. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2022 Nuclear Waste Partnership, the contractor that manages the repository, expanded its fire brigade to a department with full-time emergency responders following two emergencies in 2014. Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc, 22 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above