How to Use fire chief in a Sentence
fire chief
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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 -
Greif has served as Plano’s fire chief since June 2015.
— Teri Webster, Dallas News, 20 July 2021 -
The fire chief expected crews to be on the scene on all night.
— NBC News, 18 Feb. 2021 -
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 -
Alex Jackson became the city's first Black fire chief in 2008 and served four years.
— Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021 -
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 -
He was promoted to fire chief, Gilbert's third, in 2013.
— Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022 -
The woman, who lived on the third floor, was found by firefighters in the basement, said the city’s fire chief, Pat Sweeney.
— Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022 -
Jobe was the former city of Bromley mayor and fire chief.
— Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 21 July 2021 -
Wallace’s wife made it out of the home, but she was hurt, according to Lebanon’s fire chief.
— Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Mike Folgert, the fire chief, says it’s a different time, of course.
— Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2021 -
So when the coronavirus hit last spring, Mr. Burke, now the fire chief in Sandwich, Mass., was ready.
— Emily Anthes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021 -
He was named the village’s fire chief in July 2005 and formerly was in the Air Force.
— Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021 -
Two years ago, the town hired a professional fire chief.
— New York Times, 16 May 2022 -
Back up at the school, Linton, whose husband is the local fire chief, sat at her desk.
— Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021 -
The fire chief said initially there was a language barrier at the time of the rescue.
— Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Doug Wehmeyer, a village native who left and came back, now serves as village administrator and fire chief.
— Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2024
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