fire brigades
Blaze-fighting teams
Fire brigades is the plural of fire brigade, an organized group of firefighters who respond to fires and other emergencies.
The term is more common in British English than American English, where fire department predominates.
Several fire brigades from neighboring towns assisted with the blaze.
- ladder truckFire engine with extendable climb
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- extinguishEnd combustion forcibly
- volunteer firefightersUnpaid emergency responders to blazes
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
hydrant · turnout gear · ladder · rescue · engine · flames · smoke inhalation · axes · hose · alarm · siren · evacuation procedures · stop drop roll · drills · burning · uniforms · heroic · volunteers
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- civil defenseair raid shelters, civil defense, fallout shelters, air raid sirens, bomb shelters
- fire safetysmoke detectors, evacuation plan, smoke alarms, sprinklers, assembly point
- civic dutiestaxes, jury duty, paying taxes, voting, tax payment
- fire insurancesmoke damage, premiums, coverage limits, underwriting, policies
- war mobilizationmobilization, troop mobilization, military draft, selective service, mobilization orders
emergency response function
fire brigadesarsonists
Those who criminally ignite property
fire starters · incendiaries · firebugs · pyromaniacs · demolition crews
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