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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fire service
beat
beat something out
extinguisher
fire alarm
fire blanket
fire department
fire drill
fire engine
fire hydrant
fire marshal
fire truck
firebreak
firehouse
fireplug
firetrail
firetrap
flameproof
quench
smoke detector
tender

Examples from literature

Many times the saving of a few minutes by the firemen in reaching a fire means stopping the blaze before it becomes too great. 
The firemen were racing in and out of the house, bringing out the furniture, as were some of the village boys, and the engine was playing upon the south end, where the kitchen is. 
The firemen, working like bees, were doing what they could to extinguish the flames and to prevent the fire spreading. 
This tableau is a representation of a dwelling house on fire, with the heroic firemen engaged in their various duties in their attempts to extinguish the flames. 
When the firemen reached the place and put down their long ladders they found him standing calmly in his wicker basket, entirely unhurt. 

Examples of fireman

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We're firemen in peacetime and soldiers when we're attacked.
Most of the staff were very serious, a few sailors, firemen etc. had hardly recovered from previous nights enjoyment.
The first factor was the reason that ambulances initially accompanied fire departments on calls: to assist injured firemen.
A fireman paddles by in a boat and asks him if he would like to escape.
We can more realistically think of the altruist as being like a fireman armed only with sophisticated fire fighting equipment and wearing fireproof clothing.
At the time this report was filed, the firemen were trying to extinguish several fires that were still blazing.
In short, their role would be similar to that of other public servants such as firemen and policemen.
The fireman called to the photographer of the journalist who was still shocked because of the fire.
But the firemen's behavior is worthy of more prolonged gossip.
I knew, there were about ten firemen looking down at me, as someone had come by and called emergency services.
The fireman observed the photographers of the journalist who were sitting down.
The teller uses voicing to "other" the firemen, who notably are represented as speaking with one voice, and thus further homogenized (lines 62- 63).
Suppose that they severally expect each other to assume the burdens of serving as firemen whenever the need may arise.
Brain-injured fireman's recovery takes science into a murky area.
The firemen heard her frightened scream.
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