(US) Call the emergency service that specializes in extinguishing fires.
(US) Call the emergency service that specializes in extinguishing fires.
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(UK) Call the emergency service to extinguish a fire.
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.
(countable, Canada) fire department.
(firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires.
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(firefighting) Service in a fire department or other firefighting organization, whether as a chosen career, or as a result of volunteering or a form of prison labor.