fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

Examples of fire chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Resources are stretched and wind patterns fickle, says Paul Gamble, local fire chief who fought the blaze from First Nation land. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024 Norfolk Southern also failed to provide the local fire chief and other officials with a key report from the chemicals’ manufacturer, who had inspected the train cars and determined that the probability of the worst-case scenario was low, investigators found. Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 Firefighters from Logan, Hardin and Union counties worked together to extinguish the barn fire, according to Jason Johns, assistant fire chief of the Richland Township Fire Department. Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 10 June 2024 Embers from advancing fires can travel two kilometers, or 1.2 miles, in the air, igniting fires in areas across bodies of water, said Russ Geyer, the fire chief. Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire chief 

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Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire chief was in 1847

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“Fire chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20chief. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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