"fire company" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪˌə(ɹ)kʌmpəni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-fire company.wav Forms: fire companies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire company (plural fire companies)
  1. (firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires. Tags: US Categories (topical): Firefighting Translations (an organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires): brannvesen [neuter] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-fire_company-en-noun-8jZeq3sq Categories (other): American English Topics: firefighting, government Disambiguation of 'an organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires': 98 2
  2. (firefighting, US) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department Tags: US Categories (topical): Firefighting Hyponyms (a single fire-fighting unit): engine company, ladder company
    Sense id: en-fire_company-en-noun-k~wXfjpS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 22 78 Topics: firefighting, government Disambiguation of 'a single fire-fighting unit': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fire brigade, fire department, firehouse, fire station

Inflected forms

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