fire department

== English == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fire‧de‧part‧ment === Noun === fire department (plural fire departments) (firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === fire brigade fire company fire service fire house, fire station