Definition of firefighter in English:
firefighter
noun ˈfʌɪəfʌɪtəˈfaɪ(ə)rˌfaɪdər
A person whose job is to extinguish fires.
Example sentencesExamples
- I have been a professional firefighter for nearly 32 years and a driver for 28 of those years.
- He added officers did not know if anyone was inside, so firefighters kicked the front door in.
- As a firefighter, I attended three median fires in two days caused by tossed cigarettes.
- One change will cut the number of firefighters on an engine from five to four.
- I am a firefighter based at Bispham fire station and was horrified and a little upset to read what one of your readers had written in to say.
- When firefighters arrived the fire had already gone out and the woman was out of the building.
- Waiting on the ground were police officers and firefighters as well as ambulance crews.
- The fire burned for two days as firefighters tried to reach those trapped inside.
- Lives could be put at risk if changes envisaged by the Government for firefighters go ahead.
- She gave the couple fire survival guidance while firefighters rushed to the scene.
- Residents are to be asked to fork out to pay for extra police and firefighters.
- Nobody was hurt in the blaze, the cause of which is being investigated by firefighters.
- He called on the government to pay firefighters a decent wage for the lifesaving work they do.
- Uunknown to him, Williams was calling the police and firefighters at the same time.
- Allan has been a firefighter with Strathclyde Fire Brigade for five years.
- Over the years firefighters and security guards have been caught lighting blazes.
- The fire spread to a garden shed but the firefighters managed to stop it spreading to the house.
- It took nine policeman and four firefighters to remove the three female protesters.
- Nobody could claim they were twice as useful to society as a teacher, a firefighter or a nurse.
- For firefighters, it is a duty and an honour to attend a fellow firefighter's funeral.
Definition of firefighter in US English:
firefighter
nounˈfī(ə)rˌfīdərˈfaɪ(ə)rˌfaɪdər
A person whose job is to extinguish fires.
Example sentencesExamples
- He called on the government to pay firefighters a decent wage for the lifesaving work they do.
- He added officers did not know if anyone was inside, so firefighters kicked the front door in.
- Lives could be put at risk if changes envisaged by the Government for firefighters go ahead.
- When firefighters arrived the fire had already gone out and the woman was out of the building.
- Nobody could claim they were twice as useful to society as a teacher, a firefighter or a nurse.
- She gave the couple fire survival guidance while firefighters rushed to the scene.
- The fire spread to a garden shed but the firefighters managed to stop it spreading to the house.
- Allan has been a firefighter with Strathclyde Fire Brigade for five years.
- One change will cut the number of firefighters on an engine from five to four.
- As a firefighter, I attended three median fires in two days caused by tossed cigarettes.
- It took nine policeman and four firefighters to remove the three female protesters.
- Over the years firefighters and security guards have been caught lighting blazes.
- Uunknown to him, Williams was calling the police and firefighters at the same time.
- I am a firefighter based at Bispham fire station and was horrified and a little upset to read what one of your readers had written in to say.
- Residents are to be asked to fork out to pay for extra police and firefighters.
- For firefighters, it is a duty and an honour to attend a fellow firefighter's funeral.
- I have been a professional firefighter for nearly 32 years and a driver for 28 of those years.
- Nobody was hurt in the blaze, the cause of which is being investigated by firefighters.
- Waiting on the ground were police officers and firefighters as well as ambulance crews.
- The fire burned for two days as firefighters tried to reach those trapped inside.