fire brigade

Other forms: fire brigades

Definitions of fire brigade
  1. noun
    a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
    synonyms: fire company
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    type of:
    organisation, organization
    a group of people who work together
  2. noun
    British name for a fire department
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    type of:
    fire department
    the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
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