fire brigade
/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/
fire brigade noun: a group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
Noun
fire brigade (plural 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.
- An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
- Synonyms:
- 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.1976, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 28, page 112
fire brigade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fire brigade in Hindi
- organization for preventing and putting out fires
- दमकल दस्ता damkal dastā, दमकल damkal, फ़ायर ब्रिगेड fāyar brigeḍ
fire brigade in Tamil
- தீயணைப்புப் படை
fire brigade in Marathi
- organization for preventing and putting out fires
- अग्निशामक दल agniśāmak dal
fire brigade in Urdu
- organization for preventing and putting out fires
- فائِر بِرِیگیڈ fāir birīgeḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- fire brigade in Bengali
- দমকল বাহিনী domkol bahini
- fire brigade in Telugu
- అగ్నిమాపకదళం agnimāpakadaḷaṁ
- fire brigade in Kannada
- ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ದಳ, ಬೆಂಕಿ ಆರಿಸುವವರ ತಂಡ, ಬೆಂಕಿ ಆರಿಸುಕ
- fire brigade in Arabic
- فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ firqat maṭāfiʔ, إِطْفَائِيَّة ʔiṭfāʔiyya
- fire brigade in Malay
- pasukan bomba
- fire brigade in Thai
- กองดับเพลิง gɔɔng-dàp-pləəng
- fire brigade in Vietnamese
- đội cứu hỏa, trạm cứu hoả
- fire brigade in Myanmar
- မီးသတ်ဌာန mi:sathtana.
Synonyms of fire brigade
Forms of fire brigade
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Words formed from fire brigade
Questions about fire brigade
- What does fire brigade mean?
- Fire brigade means a group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
- What is fire brigade in Hindi?
- Fire brigade in Hindi is दमकल दस्ता (damkal dastā), दमकल (damkal), फ़ायर ब्रिगेड (fāyar brigeḍ). See Fire brigade meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fire brigade?
- Fire brigade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fire brigade?
- Fire brigade is pronounced /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/.
- What is the plural of fire brigade?
- The plural of fire brigade is fire brigades.
Words near fire brigade in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fire brigade (page history and authors); fire brigade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fire brigade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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