firefighter
(faɪəʳfaɪtəʳ ) also fire fighter also fire-fighter
Word forms: firefighters
countable noun [usually plural] B1+
Firefighters are people whose job is to put out fires.
Firefighters are digging away earth and pumping oxygen into the well.
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volunteer firefighter
A university dropout, he was a volunteer firefighter and for a decade he lived in a fire station, sleeping on a bunk bed.
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At the age of eighteen, he became a volunteer firefighter and worked as an auxiliary police officer.
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A volunteer firefighter may volunteer as a firefighter for the same agency only if they are employed in a different role.
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He spends his days as a volunteer firefighter.
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The municipality later bought a fire pump and formed a volunteer firefighter program.
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Translations:
Chinese: 消防员
Japanese: 消防士
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