fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

Examples of fire station in a Sentence

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Chesterton has started a $4 million remodeling project for the Town Hall and adjoining fire station at 8th Street and Broadway. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025 The 57-year-old had been traveling the morning of May 23 near the intersection of Avenue 21 and Road 26, a two-lane rural thoroughfare near a fire station, with $60,000 worth of fitness merchandise piled in her vehicle. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025 Details on the cost of the fire station were not included in the unsolicited proposal. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025 Starting in the summer, two Oakland fire stations will be closed on a rotating basis. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire station

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire station was in 1877

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“Fire station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20station. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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fire station

noun
: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters

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