fire chief

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fire chief

noun fire chiefs · firechief

A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out.
Similar: fire marshal, fireward

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noun leader of a fire department

Deutsch	Brandmeister, Brandmeisterin, Feuerwehrchef, Feuerwehrchefin, Feuerwehrhauptmann, Feuerwehrhauptfrau

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@misc{fire_chief_2026,
  title = {fire chief},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fire%20chief},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}