How to Use fire brigade in a Sentence

fire brigade

noun
  • In 'part 2' of the video, the fire brigade makes a cameo after an alarm goes off.
    Daisy Schofield, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The rescue dogs found no one left in the building, the fire brigade said.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The brakes heated up in the process and the airport fire brigade was called in to help cool them down.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Her family is safe, and the fire brigade is helping out in the streets.
    Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Ambulances and fire brigades were seen rushing to the scene.
    Philip Issa, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Berlin’s fire brigade tweeted that at least 60 of its responders were at the scene.
    Vanessa Guinan-Bank, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Gassama also has been offered a job with the Paris fire brigade.
    Brandon Griggs and Kyle Almond, CNN, 29 May 2018
  • The fire brigade were called, and arrived within minutes.
    Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Luck, weather, and Australia’s fire brigade saved the business.
    Matthew Abbott, Environment, 18 Dec. 2020
  • More than 280 fire brigades and rescue teams are on site, trying to find survivors.
    Jennifer Williams, Vox, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Neighbors noticed the smoke and summoned the fire brigade, which rushed her to a hospital.
    New York Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The castle’s fire brigade arrived on the scene at 11:41 a.m., followed by the Fire & Rescue Service.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Police called in the local fire brigade, according to CNN Brasil.
    John Sinnott, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The fire brigade does not charge tuition and is funded through donations.
    William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2022
  • To be clear, this is a man who once filled a London venue with so much dry-ice during a gig that a passing fire brigade thought the place was ablaze.
    Matt Wilkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The fire brigade changed the guidance at 2:47 a.m. By that time, the building's only stairwell was smoke-filled and treacherous.
    Jill Lawless, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
  • The fire brigade changed the guidance at 2:47 a.m. By that time, the building’s only stairwell was smoke-filled and treacherous.
    Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • Part of the airports’ fire brigades will also refrain from working.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The fire was extinguished 30 minutes later by dam workers and the Hoover fire brigade, the bureau said.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • Chris Swallow, fire brigade watch manager, said to the Telegraph.
    Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Meanwhile, in Oxfordshire, the county council was putting the fire brigade on standby to serve school meals.
    The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Photo: Animal Rescue Polska In swarmed the fire brigade, which built a tent city for 40 cadets tapped for the job.
    Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2018
  • The pilot, who survived, could be seen ejecting with his parachute opening moments before the jet struck the ground, the fire brigade said.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The water tank, which the resident fire brigade would have used to extinguish the flames, had been secretly drained.
    Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The hospital staff tried in vain to use two fire extinguishers that were placed in the ward to douse the fire, before the fire brigade arrived and controlled it.
    Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The Munich fire brigade said one of the victims sustained serious injuries.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Dec. 2021
  • In Greece the fire brigade said on Saturday 71 blazes had broken out within a 24-hour period.
    Reuters, CNN, 17 July 2022
  • The Frankfurt fire brigade said residents are expected to be able to return to their homes from 6 p.m. local time.
    Laura Goehler and Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 3 Sep. 2017
  • In London, the fire brigade says lithium batteries are the city’s fastest growing fire risk, with one fire erupting about every two days.
    Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • At least 81 people have been confirmed dead, according to fire brigade, while there is no formal count of those missing.
    Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 25 July 2018

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