fire chief

American  

noun

1. the officer in charge of a municipality's fire department or departments.

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Etymology

Origin of fire chief

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The fire chief admitted it was “human error” not to have more resources on the west side.

From Los Angeles Times

In the weeks that followed, Bass was unsteady in her public appearances and at odds with her fire chief, whom she ultimately dismissed.

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“The fire chief has said that, quite frankly, they were outpaced on this fire because it was moving so rapidly.”

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Gardner, Ventura County’s fire chief, noted that it’s difficult to question whether firefighters who put their lives at risk responding to these incidents could have taken different actions.

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“The requirements are typical of what I have seen,” said Shane Lauderdale, a retired Northern California fire chief who helped manage incident operations on the Thomas, Camp, Kincade and Butte Complex fires.

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