How to Use firefighter in a Sentence

firefighter

noun

• That forced firefighters to carry their hose around the taxi to fight the blaze.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
• The names of the injured firefighters haven’t been released.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
• The roof did not collapse due to the fire, but firefighters did tear part of the roof off in order to contain the fire.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2023
• Less than two hours after the firefighters left, the couple’s fears had come to fruition.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Volodymyr Taran, who has spent two years as a firefighter.
  — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2022
• The 23-year-old is an ex-cop, working part-time as a firefighter a few hours away.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
• How does the strongman training help on the job as a firefighter?
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 13 Apr. 2022
• The sheriff's office said firefighters used a human chain to pass the presents to the deputies, who then placed them on dry land.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• At one active fire, a firefighter had to break out the window of the Cruise car to stop it from running over a hose.
  — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Made up of parishioners and pastors in their best church clothes, the group linked arms and shielded the firefighters from a mob.
  — Elaine Woo, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• The local outlet reported that the dog bit the firefighter, who swam out to the concrete beam to save the pup.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
• Andita threw the pitch to Rocky Wolfe, a firefighter from the central Texas city of Killeen.
  — Chron, 11 Sep. 2022
• Once firefighters put out the flames, police found the remains of three adults and three children inside the home.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 June 2023
• The girl poked the shark in the eyes and punched it before her brother, who is a firefighter, managed to fight the shark off and pull the girl onto a stranger's boat.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022
• These are all efforts to try and get more men and women into the firefighter.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 June 2022
• In Alameda, a firefighters and the Coast Guard responded to a boat in distress of the island’s shore.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Alkins said the firefighter, who lives in the front half of the two-unit building, requested anonymity.
  — Anjali Huynh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
• Tim Dawson smiled as a firefighter helped his son Theo, 3, spray the water jet.
  — Gary Gibula, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• The firefighter lay unconscious in the frontyard of the burning home.
  — Brittny Mejiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• Then, as rain pounded the riverbed, two firefighters appeared and pulled him to higher ground.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Because of how fast the fire was spreading, firefighters had to battle the blaze from outside the structure.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Karl is a firefighter in Phoenix, and the dead child was identified as Bodhi, the webpage said.
  — Austin Mullen, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
• Some firefighters were stranded on the fire line, and dozens of vehicles needed to be towed from the field and serviced.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• But calmer winds had helped firefighters near Athens get the upper hand on a number of fires burning in the suburbs.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Scott Douglas with the fire department, firefighters entered the building and put out the fire.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• Tetrick, 51, of Painesville, served Cleveland as a firefighter for more than 27 years.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• Shostakovich was a volunteer firefighter during the siege of Leningrad.
  — John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• At the height of the fires in August, the water ran dry, with nothing flowing from hydrants when the firefighters needed it most.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The fundraiser is held in honor of Reed, a former firefighter and Ramona resident who recently passed away.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
• Raymond Lee Oyler, sentenced to death for starting a 2006 Southern California blaze that killed five firefighters, didn’t shoot or stab his victims, or kill them personally with his bare hands.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025