How to Use fire chief in a Sentence

fire chief

noun
  • Who else appled for fire chief?
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The fire chief then screamed at them and urged them to get on the ground.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The fire chief declined to say where in the home they were found.
    — Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The city’s fire chief says driverless cabs are not ready for prime time.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • All of the residents of the home are safe, the fire chief said.
    — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The fire chief was just by yesterday.
    — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Two of those were children and one was a deputy fire chief – Maj.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • No firefighters were hurt while putting out the fire, the fire chief said.
    — Maggy McDonel and Joanna Bouras, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Sure enough, a fire truck and the fire chief pulled up a few minutes later.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Peña, the fire chief, said the building was safer than before the memo was signed.
    — Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Those in the running will take a civil service test for fire chiefs.
    — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Rice and the local fire chief rushed to a nearby park to survey the scene.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 6 July 2025
  • The fire chief said the new cascade system should be installed by the end of the year.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Luke was appointed as the city’s 17th fire chief.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Grundyson said he’d been asked to be involved in the selection process for the next fire chief.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The fire chief said that two people had to be treated for minor injuries.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • What are the salaries of the Milwaukee police chief and fire chief?
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Zekich also asked whether the board had begun searching for a new fire chief.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The fire chief said the grant, split over two years, pays for the new firefighters’ salary and pension.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The fire chief said five have now been stabilized at the hospital.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The fire chief's old factory senses had been shot years before and the dog was just a dog.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Deputy Chief Tom Ballis has been hired to be the city’s new fire chief.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Among the questions front and center are the future of the city’s police and fire chiefs.
    — Matier & Ross, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2018
  • The fire chief said the levy accounts for more than 95 percent of his budget.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Dave Montoya, a local fire chief, heard the call and offered to drive up the pass.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The grand marshal will come next with the banner held by the fire chief, police chief and the mayor.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Searle served nearly five years as Eagan’s fire chief.
    — Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Haughton paused in front of the uniform that belonged to Maryland’s first black fire chief.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Back up at the school, Linton, whose husband is the local fire chief, sat at her desk.
    — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021

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