fire brigade Meaning of "fire brigade"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
  2. (n) British name for a fire department

Usage(s):

  1. The fire brigade which now holds jurisdiction over forest fires lacks the appropriate knowledge of these types of situations.
  2. Violent clashes and then a halt to negotiations is a way of calling in the American fire brigade.
  3. When the police and fire brigade arrived, the mob pelted them with stones and set fire to government vehicles.
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