fire department

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ˈfire deˌpartment noun [countable] American English  SSOthe organization that works to prevent fires and stop them burning 消防署；消防队 SYN British English fire service

Examples from the Corpus

fire department• Other story ideas come from the police and fire department radio reports of crimes, fires, and accidents.• Your customer service representatives calm heated situations faster than the New York City fire department.• When that happens and some one falls in a channel, the city and county fire department swift-water rescue teams must respond quickly.• The police, fire department, hotel, stock brokers, lawyers and gay leagues are among these indie leagues.• The move follows a visit to the fire department in St Petersburg by a group of firemen from the county.

ˈfire deˌpartment nounChineseSyllable  

to prevent Corpus fires that and the organization works stop

fire department
ˈfire deˌpartment noun [countable] American English
the organization that works to prevent fires and stop them burning
   SYN  fire service British English

fire de·part·mentBrE /ˈfaɪə dɪpɑːtmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfaɪər dɪpɑːrtmənt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˈfire brigade, ˈfire service) noun [usually singular] 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