fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

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The city plans to use the funds to add a battalion chief, demolish and reconstruct Fire Stations 33 and 37, build a training center and an additional fire station, purchase another ladder truck and two more ambulances and hire 36 more firefighters. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 About $305 million would fund a new public safety building, while $145 million would repair existing fire stations and build four new ones to improve emergency response times, the Herald editorial board reported. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 The others are a new fire station, 911 call center, police academy and gun range that the city says are all in shambles. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 The county government and UC Davis will work together to evaluate if the project at the former Tahoe City fire station and surrounding properties is viable. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire station

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fire station was in 1877

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fire station

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: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters
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