fire brigade
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fire brigade
- /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/
noun fire brigades
- A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
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An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
Similar: fire company, fire department, fire service
- A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation. General Westmoreland used some incoming troops as a fire brigade to squelch major threats and keep the Communists off balance.
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noun group within a corporation or industrial site
| Español | brigada de bomberos, cuerpo de bomberos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소방대 sobangdae |
| 日本語 | 消防隊 shōbōtai |
| 中文 | 消防隊 /消防队 xiāofángduì |
| Português | brigada de incêndio/incêndios |
| Français | sapeurs-pompiers |
| Deutsch | Feuerwehr |
| Italiano | squadra di pompieri |
| Русский | пожа́рная кома́нда požárnaja kománda, пожа́рные požárnyje |
| العربية | فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ firqat maṭāfiʔ |
noun organization for preventing and putting out fires
| Español | cuerpo de bomberos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소방대 sobangdae |
| 日本語 | 消防隊 shōbōtai |
| 中文 | 消防隊 /消防队 xiāofángduì |
| हिन्दी | दमकल दस्ता damkal dastā, दमकल damkal, फ़ायर ब्रिगेड fāyar brigeḍ |
| Português | corpo de bombeiros, brigada de incêndio/incêndios |
| Français | sapeurs-pompiers |
| Deutsch | Feuerwehr |
| Italiano | vigili del fuoco |
| Ελληνικά | πυροσβεστικό σώμα pyrosvestikó sóma, πυροσβεστική pyrosvestikí, πυροσβεστική υπηρεσία pyrosvestikí ypiresía |
| Română | departament de pompieri |
| Русский | пожа́рная кома́нда požárnaja kománda, пожа́рные požárnyje, пожа́рная охра́на požárnaja oxrána |
| Tiếng Việt | đội cứu hỏa, trạm cứu hoả |
| العربية | إِطْفَائِيَّة ʔiṭfāʔiyya, فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ firqat maṭāfiʔ |
| עברית | מכבי אש mekhabei esh |
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title = {fire brigade},
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