fire department

English

Pronunciation

fire*de*part*ment

Noun

fire department (plural fire departments)

1. (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.

Translations

fire department

Dutch: brandweer (nl) f. Finnish: palokunta (fi) French: corps des sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m., sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m. pl., service d'incendie (fr) m. German: Feuerwehr (de) f. Icelandic: slökkvilið (is) n.

Italian: squadra di pompieri (it) f. Japanese: 消防署 (ja) (しょうぼうしょ, shōbōsho) Norwegian: brannvesen (no) n. Russian: пожарная команда (ru) (požárnaja kománda) f., пожарные (ru) (požárnyje) m. pl. Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos (es) m., brigada de bomberos (es) f.

See also

• fire brigade
• fire company
• fire house, fire station