fire brigade

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ˈfire briˌgade ●●○ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishSSO the fire service 消防署；消防队 SYN American English fire department2. American EnglishGROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people who work together to stop fires burning, but are not paid to do this 志愿者消防队

Examples from the Corpus

fire brigade• A short-circuit set off an explosion in the high-pressure chamber, a fire brigade official said.• A further outcry from consumer groups and fire brigade unions is expected over the dangers from fire.• Here, some bright spark thought Windsor Castle was on fire and called the fire brigade!• The police arrived, took one look and called the fire brigade.• One of the residents of the flats that overlook the factory saw the flames and phoned the fire brigade.• The fire brigade which was at the first blaze about 100 yards away extinguished the second fire in a short time.

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fire brigade

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ˈfire briˌgade noun [countable]
1. British English the fire service
   SYN  fire department American English
2. American English a group of people who work together to stop fires burning, but are not paid to do this

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ˈfire ˌservice (also fire brigade) noun [countable usually singular] British English
the organization that works to prevent fires and stop them from burning
   SYN  fire department American English

fire brigadeBrE /ˈfaɪə brɪɡeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfaɪər brɪɡeɪd/ 🔊 (also ˈfire service) (both BrE) (NAmE ˈfire department) noun [countable + singular or plural verb] an organization of people who are trained and employed to put out fires and to rescue people from fires; the people who belong to this organization 消防队；消防队员◆to call out the fire brigade叫消防队来◆The fire brigade were there in minutes. 几分钟后消防队就到了现场。🔊🔊