"fire chief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire chiefs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire chief (plural fire chiefs)
  1. A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires. Categories (topical): Firefighting, Occupations Synonyms: fire marshal, fireward [obsolete], firechief Related terms: fire inspector Translations (leader of a fire department): palopäällikkö (Finnish), Brandmeister [masculine] (German), Brandmeisterin [feminine] (German), Feuerwehrchef [masculine] (German), Feuerwehrchefin [feminine] (German), Feuerwehrhauptmann [feminine] (German), Feuerwehrhauptfrau [feminine] (German), Kreisbrandmeister (english: district) [masculine] (German), Kreisbrandmeisterin (english: district) [feminine] (German), Stadtbrandmeister (english: municipal) [masculine] (German), Stadtbrandmeisterin (english: municipal) [feminine] (German), buollinhoavda (Northern Sami)

Inflected forms

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