fire apparatus

noun

1. equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire apparatus¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Hernandez worked for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as a fire apparatus engineer, overseeing fire engines and water tanks during calls.

From Salon

Invariably, these are communities that have some history of betrayal and abandonment by predatory capitalism and rely on selfless community volunteers to staff their fire apparatus and ambulances.

From Salon

"Reliance on these private companies isn't good. We don't have a municipal and non-municipal fire apparatus that responds to our fires. We should have a standard of care that's experienced — and that means training and equipment — and the only way to control that is to have it all be under the umbrella of the FDNY."

From Salon

Three ambulances, three fire apparatus and Portland police responded to the southwest Portland college campus.

From Seattle Times

Colangelo added that some of the equipment like the fire apparatus that was covered with debris during the attack and collapse, went to private contractors to get cleaned, but his "members would open up the door panels to service the equipment and all that dust and debris was inside the panels of the equipment's doors. That stuff went everywhere."

From Salon