Phrase guide

fire brigade

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: firefighting, government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

Topics: firefighting, government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fire company, fire department, fire service

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

British name for a fire department

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fire department

5

noun

Meaning 5

a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fire company

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organization, organisation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ (firqat maṭāfiʔ) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Belarusian: пажа́рная кама́нда (pažárnaja kamánda) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防隊 /消防队 (xiāofángduì) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Czech: hasičský sbor — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Czech: požární sbor — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Finnish: tehdaspalokunta — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Finnish: palokunta — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • French: sapeurs-pompiers — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • German: Feuerwehr — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Hungarian: tűzoltóság — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Italian: squadra di pompieri — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Japanese: 消防隊 (shōbōtai) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Korean: 소방대 (sobangdae) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsēju komanda — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsēji — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба (protivpóžarna slúžba) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Macedonian: пожа́рна (požárna) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Māori: hunga tinei ahi — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Māori: rōpū tinei ahi — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannvern — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Iranian Persian: آتَشنِشانی (âtaš-nešâni) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Portuguese: brigada de incêndio/incêndios — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (požárnaja kománda) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Russian: пожа́рные (požárnyje) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Spanish: brigada de bomberos — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Swedish: brandkår — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Telugu: అగ్నిమాపకదళం (agnimāpakadaḷaṁ) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Tetum: bombeiru-lubun — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Tongan: kau me'a tāmate afi — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Turkish: itfaiye — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Ukrainian: поже́жна кома́нда (požéžna kománda) — group within a corporation or industrial site
  • Albanian: skuadër zjarrfikëse — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Arabic: إِطْفَائِيَّة (ʔiṭfāʔiyya) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Arabic: فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ (firqat maṭāfiʔ) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܼܥܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܟ̰ܡܲܥܬܵܐ (sīʿta māčmāʿta) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Armenian: հրշեջ պահպանություն (hršeǰ pahpanutʻyun) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Azerbaijani: yanğınsöndürmə komandası — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Azerbaijani: yanğınsöndürmə briqadası — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Belarusian: пажа́рная ахо́ва (pažárnaja axóva) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Bengali: দমকল বাহিনী (domkol bahini) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Bulgarian: противопожа́рна слу́жба (protivopožárna slúžba) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Burmese: မီးသတ်ဌာန (mi:sathtana.) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Chinese Cantonese: 消防隊 /消防队 — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Chinese: 消防隊 /消防队 (zh-min-nan) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Chinese Mandarin: 消防隊 /消防队 (xiāofángduì) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Czech: hasičský sbor — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Czech: požární sbor — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Danish: brandvæsen — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Dutch: brandweer — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Estonian: tuletõrje — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Estonian: tuletõrjujad — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Finnish: palokunta — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • French: sapeurs-pompiers — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Georgian: სახანძრო დაცვა (saxanʒro dacva) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • German: Feuerwehr — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Greek: πυροσβεστικό σώμα (pyrosvestikó sóma) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Greek: πυροσβεστική (pyrosvestikí) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Greek: πυροσβεστική υπηρεσία (pyrosvestikí ypiresía) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Hebrew: מכבי אש (mekhabei esh) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Hindi: दमकल दस्ता (damkal dastā) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Hindi: दमकल (damkal) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Hindi: फ़ायर ब्रिगेड (fāyar brigeḍ) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Hungarian: tűzoltóság — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Icelandic: slökkvilið — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Irish: briogáid dóiteáin — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Italian: vigili del fuoco — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Japanese: 消防隊 (shōbōtai) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Kazakh: өрт сөндіретін команда (ört söndıretın komanda) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Khmer: កងពន្លត់អគ្គីភ័យ (kɑɑng pɔɔpɔnlŭət ʼakkiiphɨy) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Korean: 소방대 (sobangdae) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Kyrgyz: өрт өчүрүүчү команда (ört öcürüücü komanda) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Ladin: destudafuech — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Latvian: ugunsdzēsēji — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Latvian: gunsdzēsēju komanda — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Lithuanian: ugniagesių komanda — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Lithuanian: gaisrininkų komanda — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба (protivpóžarna slúžba) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Macedonian: пожа́рна (požárna) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Malay: pasukan bomba — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Māori: hunga tinei ahi — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Māori: rōpū tinei ahi — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Marathi: अग्निशामक दल (agniśāmak dal) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Mongolian: гал команд (gal komand) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brannvesen — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brannstell — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Iranian Persian: سازْمانِ آتَشنِشانی (sâzmân-e âtaš-nešâni) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Plautdietsch: Fiawäa — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Polish: straż pożarna — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Portuguese: corpo de bombeiros — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Portuguese: brigada de incêndio/incêndios — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Romanian: departament de pompieri — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (požárnaja kománda) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Russian: пожа́рные (požárnyje) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Russian: пожа́рная охра́на (požárnaja oxrána) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Serbo-Croatian: ватрогасци — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Serbo-Croatian: ватрогасна служба — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Serbo-Croatian: vatrogasci — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Serbo-Croatian: vatrogasna služba — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Slovak: hasičský zbor — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Slovak: požiarny zbor — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Slovak: hasičská jednotka — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Slovene: gasilci — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Slovene: javna gasilska služba — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Swedish: brandkår — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Swedish: räddningskår — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Swedish: brandförsvar — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Tajik: дастаи сӯхторнишонӣ (dasta-yi süxtornišoni) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Thai: กองดับเพลิง (gɔɔng-dàp-pləəng) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་རུ་ཁག (me gsod ru khag) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Turkish: itfaiye — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Turkmen: ýangyn söndürijisi — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Ukrainian: поже́жна охоро́на (požéžna oxoróna) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Urdu: فائِر بِرِیگیڈ (fāir birīgeḍ) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Uyghur: ئوت ئۆچۈرگۈچىلەر ئەترىتى (ot öchürgüchiler etriti) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Uyghur: ئوت ئۆچۈرۈش ئەترىتى (ot öchürüsh etriti) — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Uzbek: oʻt oʻchirish komandasi — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Uzbek: oʻt oʻchiruvchilar komandasi — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Vietnamese: đội cứu hỏa — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Vietnamese: trạm cứu hoả — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Walloon: pompîs — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Walloon: foyerwer — organization for preventing and putting out fires
  • Welsh: brigâd dân — organization for preventing and putting out fires