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  1. fire brigades: Merriam-Webster
  2. fire brigades: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fire brigades: Vocabulary.com
  4. fire brigades: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. fire brigades: Wiktionary
  6. fire brigades: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See fire_brigade as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fire brigade)

noun:  (firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
noun:  (firefighting, UK, Ireland) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
noun:  (military, US) A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
▸ Also see fire_brigade


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