fire department

the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.

the personnel in such a department.

Origin of fire department

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

But fire-department officials are not saying what they suspect the arsonist is using to ignite the fires.

Los Angeles Fires: Officials Race to Identify the Arsonist |Christine Pelisek |December 31, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
However, fire-department officials aren't sure where the police got that information.

Los Angeles Fires: Officials Race to Identify the Arsonist |Christine Pelisek |December 31, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But his clerk, young Fuller, with more presence of mind, was then at the telephone sending in word to the fire-department.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
The fire-department was useless, for the strikers two days before, had cut all the hose.

The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him |Paul Leicester Ford

The show in the fire-department was so antiquated, that I was convinced that the people of Munich never intend to have any fires.

Saunterings |Charles Dudley Warner
The noises of the street did not disturb her, not even the passing of the fire-department trucks some time after midnight.

Carolyn of the Corners |Ruth Belmore Endicott

fire department

US and Canadian the department of a local authority responsible for the prevention and extinguishing of fires