fire brigade

English

fire brigade (plural fire brigades)

(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
(firefighting, Britain) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
(military, US) A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
- 1976, The Encyclopedia Americana (volume 28, page 112)
  General Westmoreland used some incoming troops as a fire brigade to squelch major threats and keep the Communists off balance.

group within a corporation or industrial site

Arabic: فرقَة مطافئ‎ f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防隊／消防队 (zh) (xiāofángduì)
Czech: hasičský sbor m, požární sbor m
Finnish: tehdaspalokunta (factory fire brigade), palokunta (fi)
French: sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m pl
German: Feuerwehr (de) f
Greek: πυροσβεστική (el) f (pyrosvestikí)
Hungarian : tűzoltóság
Italian: squadra di pompieri f
Japanese: 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai)
Latvian: ugunsdzēsēju komanda f, ugunsdzēsēji m pl
Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба f (protivpóžarna slúžba), пожа́рна f (požárna) (colloquial)
Maori: hunga tinei ahi, rōpū tinei ahi
Norwegian: brannvern n
Portuguese: brigada de incêndio/incêndios f
Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (ru) f (požárnaja kománda), пожа́рные (ru) m pl (požárnyje)
Spanish: brigada de bomberos f, cuerpo de bomberos
Swedish: brandkår (sv) c
Telugu: అగ్నిమాపకదళం (te) (agnimāpakadaḷaṁ)
Tetum: bombeiru-lubun
Tongan: kau me'a tāmate afi
Turkish: itfaiye (tr)

organization for preventing and putting out fires

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܼܥܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܟ̰ܡܲܥܬܵܐ‎ (sīʿta māčmāʿta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消防隊／消防队 (zh) (xiāofángduì)
Czech: hasičský sbor m, požární sbor m
Danish: brandvæsen n
Dutch: brandweer (nl) m
Finnish: palokunta (fi)
French: sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m pl
German: Feuerwehr (de) f
Greek: πυροσβεστική (el) f (pyrosvestikí)
Hebrew: מכבי אש‎ m pl (mekhabei esh)
Hindi: दमकल दस्ता (damkal dastā), दमकल (hi) f (damkal)
Hungarian: tűzoltóság (hu)
Irish: briogáid dóiteáin f
Italian: vigili del fuoco (it) m pl
Japanese: 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai)
Ladin: destudafuech
Latvian: ugunsdzēsēji m pl
Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба f (protivpóžarna slúžba), пожа́рна f (požárna) (colloquial)
Malay: pasukan (ms) bomba (ms)
Maori: hunga tinei ahi, rōpū tinei ahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brannvesen n
Nynorsk: brannstell n
Plautdietsch: Fiawäa f
Polish: straż pożarna (pl) f
Portuguese: corpo de bombeiros m, brigada de incêndio/incêndios f
Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (ru) f (požárnaja kománda), пожа́рные (ru) m pl (požárnyje)
Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos
Swedish: brandkår (sv) c, räddningskår (sv) c, brandförsvar n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: itfaiye (tr)
Walloon: pompîs m pl, foyerwer (wa) m (borrowed from German, Malmedy region, old)
Welsh: brigâd dân f