"five-alarm" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} five-alarm (not comparable)
  1. (firefighting) The highest priority category of a multialarm fire. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Firefighting, Firefighting, Five
    Sense id: en-five-alarm-en-adj-We0MB4jV Disambiguation of Firefighting: 91 9 Disambiguation of Five: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: firefighting, government
  2. Having a high intensity or extreme heat. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-five-alarm-en-adj-N-IaioPi
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