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fire department

–noun
1. the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.
2. the personnel in such a department.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism
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fire department  
n.  A department, especially of a municipal government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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