fire company
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfaɪˌə(ɹ)kʌmpəni/
Noun
fire company (plural fire companies)
- (firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires.
- (firefighting, US) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department
Hyponyms
- (a single fire-fighting unit): engine company, ladder company
Translations
an organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires
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an emergency response unit within a fire department
See also
- fire brigade
- fire department
- firehouse, fire station