How to Use fire chief in a Sentence

fire chief

noun
  • Greif has served as Plano’s fire chief since June 2015.
    Teri Webster, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
  • Jobe was the former city of Bromley mayor and fire chief.
    Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 21 July 2021
  • Peluso replaces Bill Darin, who is retiring as fire chief.
    Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 20 July 2021
  • Chris Chambers, a fire chief in Ashland, Oregon, has seen how that plays out on the ground.
    Avi Asher-Schapiro, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2021
  • The fire chief said the case influx has only affected wait times for units servicing local hospitals.
    Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The vehicles are meant to aid employees in quickly responding to emergencies while on-call, and are assigned by the fire chief.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The fire chief said nearby communities could be inundated with smoke and that anyone with health or breathing problems should find somewhere else to stay.
    Fox News, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Cameras captured the harrowing moment a fire chief saved a woman who was walking within feet of the blazing Airport fire.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Kemp and Joshua Parish, the department’s assistant fire chief, went through the academy together.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • Firefighters who arrived on the scene saw a bloodied man being dragged around a corner by dogs, and the firefighters had to use pickaxes to fend off the animals, the city’s fire chief said at the time.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Mike Bucy, a fire chief based in Loon Lake, Wash., said the lack of cell service has been frustrating this summer as firefighters battle some of the worst blazes in years.
    Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Glauner, the department’s former assistant fire chief, was named chief earlier this month upon the retirement of Josh Erskine.
    Brian Lisik, cleveland, 12 July 2021
  • School employees, a restaurant worker, a fire chief, and a political aide have all lost their jobs or resigned after outrage over their posts, according to statements by their employers and news reports.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
  • Mulroney will portray Dom Pascal, a veteran firefighter from Chicago who has been working as a fire chief in Miami for the past decade.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The fire chief then screamed at them and urged them to get on the ground.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The man is an employee of the bank, the fire chief said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • Most of San Diego’s 18 fire chiefs have been White men.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant in charge of the E.M.T.s had never gotten off the fire truck.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • What are the salaries of the Milwaukee police chief and fire chief?
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The city’s fire chief says driverless cabs are not ready for prime time.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
    Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The fire chief said the blaze quickly spread from the first floor to the second and cut off access to the staircase.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Norris Croom, a fire chief in Castle Rock, said the show was not worth the risk.
    Payton Major and Haley Brink, CNN, 2 July 2022
  • Dave Montoya, a local fire chief, heard the call and offered to drive up the pass.
    CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The fire chief said the grant, split over two years, pays for the new firefighters’ salary and pension.
    John Benson, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The man with the snakes, Erik Vogel, did not contact the Madeira police chief or fire chief.
    Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The grand marshal will come next with the banner held by the fire chief, police chief and the mayor.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The fire chief said neighbors rushed to the scene to lift parts of the roof off the surviving woman as a fire spread.
    CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Chris Clark, Glen Ellyn’s fire chief, said in the release.
    Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The fire chief and the head of the firefighters union later said that the fire was extinguished.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023

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