fire brigade

noun

: a body of firefighters: such as
a
: a usually private or temporary firefighting organization
b
British : fire department

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Four people died in the blaze and one person is missing, the fire brigade told Reuters. — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026 Carlson clearly got confused between the arsonist and the fire brigade. — Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026 In Mount Kisco, New York, they are used — still — to call for members of the town’s volunteer fire brigade. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 June 2026 Riot police still patrolled these areas on motorbikes, and the city’s fire brigade and municipal workers were out cleaning streets and extinguishing fires. — Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire brigade

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fire brigade was in 1832

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