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Fire brigade

noun

A private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires. Synonym: fire company.

British name for a fire department.

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"Fire brigade" Quotes from Famous Books

... lives lost; nor any dwellings other than the hotel—for there was a clear space around that fire-trap and there had been no wind—but it was a valid baptism of fire. It resulted in the organization of a Volunteer Fire Brigade, and it also resulted in Hartigan's determination to erect a stable of his own, where he could have his horse under his eye, day and night. What he built was not a large stable, only ten by twelve feet, ...

— The Preacher of Cedar Mountain - A Tale of the Open Country • Ernest Thompson Seton

... to Mr. Dale of Vine-Pits Farm. He was really becoming quite a public character. He had been called to the District Council, on its foundation, as a personage who could not be left out. When the Otterford branch of the Fire Brigade was instituted all agreed in inviting Mr. Dale to be its captain; and four of the once sluggish yard-servants had immediately decided that they must follow their master wherever he led, and had enrolled themselves forthwith under his captaincy. He was a prominent figure at ...

— The Devil's Garden • W. B. Maxwell

Words linked to "Fire brigade" : organization, organisation, fire department