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fire chief

fire chief noun: a leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires.

Noun

fire chief (plural fire chiefs)

  1. 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.2024 July 15, Mike Wendling, “Corey Comperatore: Volunteer firefighter killed at Trump rally dived to protect family”, in BBC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025

Synonyms of fire chief

Forms of fire chief

pluralfire chiefs
alternative formfirechief

Questions about fire chief

What does fire chief mean?
Fire chief means a leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires.
What part of speech is fire chief?
Fire chief is a noun.
What is the plural of fire chief?
The plural of fire chief is fire chiefs.

Words near fire chief in the dictionary

  1. fire camp
  2. fire camps
  3. fire cart
  4. fire carts
  5. fire chicken
  6. fire chief
  7. fire chiefs
  8. fire cider
  9. fire ciders
  10. fire clay
  11. fire clays

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