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• n  play in which children pretend to put out a fire
• n  a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
• n  a pitcher who does not start the game
• n  a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

• Steve Broady said to his black greasy fireman "Just shovel on a little more coal, And when we cross that White Oak Mountain You can.
• Roy Chelsen, a fireman with Engine 28, yelled, "We have to get out.
• Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was as busy last week as a solitary fireman putting out a brush fire.

• stoker
• reliever
• relief pitcher
• firefighter
• fire fighter
• fire-eater

News & Articles

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• Volunteer Firefighters Receive Money Through FEMA Grant
  On Saturday June 15, 2013 the Louisiana State Firemen's Association held a presentation at the Scott Fire Department, to disperse $213,435.90 to twenty-nine volunteer firefighters throughout the state, through FEMA's Recruitment and Retention Grant. Since receiving $980,000 to fund this project in 2009, the Louisiana Fireman's Association has received several requests for education assistance ...
  June 16, 2013 - KATC 3 Lafayette
• New Concord plans 54th annual Fireman's Festival
  NEW CONCORD -- The upcoming 54th annual New Concord Volunteer Fireman's Festival will feature a parade and a fireworks display. Slated Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, the festival is a popular event that not only...
  June 14, 2013 - The Daily Jeffersonian
• Ca-ching! Gastonia firefighter hits the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot
  GASTONIA, N.C. – A Gastonia fireman is nearly half a million dollars richer after playing Cash 5 jackpot. Glenn Mace, a firefighter with Gastonia, is among the biggest Carolina Cash 5 jackpot winners in the N.C. Education Lottery history, according to lottery officials. Mace paid $1 for the ticket at the Mountain Stop on Archie Whitesides Road.  His ticket matched all five numbers in Thursday’s ...
  June 14, 2013 - WCNC Charlotte

Quotes

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• Atahualpa in Reuters
  As a fireman this is fourth time I have been here to attend a plane crash, this has to stop,said firefighter Atahualpa Sanchez near the site.
• Tyler Perry in Canada.com
  I wanted a show where the mother and father were both present,says Perry, explaining the show's genesis. "Then I asked myself: If I wasn't who I am, what would I do for a living? And I always wanted to be a fireman. Then I thought, Why...
• Joe Biden in FOXNews
  The one thing I remember the most was that grizzled fireman, coming out of the burning debris, hunched over, absolute determination,said Biden, of Delaware. "That one photograph lifted America off its knees. That one image was the most...