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1. a company of firefighters.2. a fire-insurance company.[1730-40, Amer.]
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Fire company — Fire Fire (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fire company — n. 1. a body of men organized to fight fires, esp. one of a number of such groups constituting a fire department 2. Brit. a business firm selling fire insurance … English World dictionary
fire company — noun a) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires. b) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department … Wiktionary
fire company — noun North American term for fire brigade … English new terms dictionary
fire company — noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fire brigade • Hypernyms: ↑organization, ↑organisation … Useful english dictionary
Fort Washington Fire Company — InfoboxFireDepartment name = Fort Washington Fire Company No. 1 motto = established = 1908 staffing = Volunteer strength = stations = Station 88 A, Station 88 B engines = Engine 88, Engine 88 1 trucks = Tower 88 squads = Squad 88, Squad 88 1… … Wikipedia
Flourtown Fire Company — [http://www.flourtownfire.org FLOURTOWN FIRE COMPANY] Station 61526 Bethlehem PikeP.O. Box 65 Flourtown, PA 19031Flourtown Fire Company, established in 1910, is a volunteer fire company provides emergency fire and rescue services to the citizens… … Wikipedia
Parkland Fire Company — The Parkland Volunteer Fire Company was established in 1922.Early yearsParkland s population explosion in the early 1920s must have ignited interest in the formation of a fire company. Early in the next year, some men from the village met in R.… … Wikipedia
Orange Volunteer Fire Company — Orange Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. Established 1921 Staffing Volunteer Annual C … Wikipedia
White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company — is a volunteer fire department in the town of White Marsh, Maryland. HistoryWMVFC was founded in January 1943 as the Cowenton Volunteer Fire Company, as a World War II Civil Defense Unit. When the United States entered the war in December 1941,… … Wikipedia
