How to Use fire chief in a Sentence

fire chief

noun
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  • Cudahy has a new fire chief and soon the city may also have a new fire station.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2022
  • He was promoted to fire chief, Gilbert's third, in 2013.
    — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The identities of the men are being withheld until their next of kin are notified, the fire chief said.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2022
  • No fatalities have been reported, according to the city's fire chief, and the cause of the collapse is unclear.
    — Kate Sullivan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • No injuries were reported thanks to the driver's quick actions, according to fire chief Michael Scholfield.
    — Emmett Jones, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • There was a gas leak in the area after the accident, prompting the temporary evacuations of nearby residents, the city’s fire chief said.
    — Kris Maher, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The cause of the fire was under investigation, though it was believed to likely have been accidentally sparked by homeless people, the fire chief said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • When the bridge fell, said Darryl Jones, the Pittsburgh fire chief, only four cars and a bus — carrying a driver and two passengers — were on it.
    — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Melissa Hilpert has been appointed to be the first female fire chief in Rural Metro Fire's 75-year history.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The site, which gets annual inspections from the fire department, was last inspected in December; no violations were found then, according to the fire chief.
    — Allison Prang, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The fire chief then screamed at them and urged them to get on the ground.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The man is an employee of the bank, the fire chief said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • Most of San Diego’s 18 fire chiefs have been White men.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant in charge of the E.M.T.s had never gotten off the fire truck.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • What are the salaries of the Milwaukee police chief and fire chief?
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The city’s fire chief says driverless cabs are not ready for prime time.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
    — Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The fire chief said the blaze quickly spread from the first floor to the second and cut off access to the staircase.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Norris Croom, a fire chief in Castle Rock, said the show was not worth the risk.
    — Payton Major and Haley Brink, CNN, 2 July 2022
  • Dave Montoya, a local fire chief, heard the call and offered to drive up the pass.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The fire chief said the grant, split over two years, pays for the new firefighters’ salary and pension.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The man with the snakes, Erik Vogel, did not contact the Madeira police chief or fire chief.
    — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The grand marshal will come next with the banner held by the fire chief, police chief and the mayor.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The fire chief said neighbors rushed to the scene to lift parts of the roof off the surviving woman as a fire spread.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The fire chief and the head of the firefighters union later said that the fire was extinguished.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The woman, who lived on the third floor, was found by firefighters in the basement, said the city’s fire chief, Pat Sweeney.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Wallace’s wife made it out of the home, but she was hurt, according to Lebanon’s fire chief.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Two years ago, the town hired a professional fire chief.
    — New York Times, 16 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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