noun
1. a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
• Syn: ↑fire company
• Hypernyms: ↑organization, ↑organisation
2. British name for a fire department
• Hypernyms: ↑fire department
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noun, pl ⋯ -gades [count]
1 US : a group of people who work to put out a fire
2 Brit : ↑fire department
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ˈfire brigade [fire brigade fire brigades] (also ˈfire service) (both BrE) (NAmE ˈfire department) noun countable + singular or plural verb
an organization of people who are trained and employed to put out fires and to rescue people from fires; the people who belong to this organization
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to call out the fire brigade
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The fire brigade were there in minutes.
Example Bank:
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The fire brigade have put out a blaze in a local post office.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.