fire service
Blaze-fighting department
The fire service is the organization responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires and responding to emergencies.
In most countries, the fire service is a public agency staffed by professional firefighters, though volunteer departments are common in smaller communities.
The term is more British than American, where fire department predominates.
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Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- combustibleCapable of burning
flammable · smoke · explosion · accelerant · flashover · backdraft · wildfire · ember
Send with speed
- 911Crisis response number
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
call-out · deployment · mobilization · turnout · mayday · all-hands
One who commands
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- engineerTechnical design professional
- probieProbationary new member
Devices that scatter water
- inspectionsSystematic examinations for flaws
- fireproofingMaking materials resist combustion
- firebreaksVegetation-free zones halting conflagration
Preserving human existence
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- survivorsThose still alive after
- trappedUnable to escape
victim · extraction · collapse · recovery
hose
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engine · aerial · SCBA · helmet · axe · nozzle · tanker · quint
blaze
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- ignitionStarting combustion process
combustible · flammable · smoke · explosion · accelerant · flashover · backdraft · wildfire · ember · conflagration
dispatch
Send with speed
crisis · call-out · deployment · mobilization · turnout · mayday · all-hands
captain
One who commands
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- engineerTechnical design professional
sprinklers
Devices that scatter water
- inspectionsSystematic examinations for flaws
- fireproofingMaking materials resist combustion
- firebreaksVegetation-free zones halting conflagration
lifesaving
Preserving human existence
- extricationAct of freeing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- survivorsThose still alive after
trapped · victim · extraction · collapse · recovery
- UK ServicesNHS, council tax, driving licence, passport office, local councils
- Nigerian GovernmentNational Assembly, House of Representatives, senator, state governor, state assembly
- fire safetysmoke detectors, evacuation plan, smoke alarms, sprinklers, assembly point
- nationalized sectorsrailways, national bank, national railway, public utilities, state monopolies
- UK Emergency Services999, ambulance, paramedics, Metropolitan Police, Met Police
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
fire servicepolice service
Official law enforcement agency
law enforcement · ambulance service · police force · emergency medical services · paramedics
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