fire station

noun

1. a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.

fire station

noun

1. a building where firefighting vehicles and equipment are stationed and where firefighters on duty wait Also called (US)firehousestation house

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire station¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

“We didn't have those kind of air strikes. Recently, a fire station was hit, and a church in the south, and our humanitarian colleagues have been killed.”

From BBC

Guimaraes was once more relocated in September to a fire station in Chatsworth, where he found a toy rat as he packed his belongings, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times

But the fentanyl epidemic is on full display, and the fire station responds to more overdose calls than structure fires.

From Los Angeles Times

Footage inside the fire station posted to social media shows Biden chatting with people and interacting with a man wearing a red hat with "Trump 2024" emblazoned on the front.

From BBC

He loved to hunt and cook, sometimes combining the two passions at the fire station by serving quail enchiladas, the poultry fresh from a recent hunt.

From Los Angeles Times

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