Definition of "fire-department" [fire-department]

• A department of the government of a city, town, or village charged with the prevention and the extinction of fires; also, the entire force of men employed in this service. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In turn, they called the fire-department EMS crew to tell them they were en route to a call where a minor was reported to be injured."
• "At Pro EMS, which submits data to the CARES program as part of Cambridge's fire-department EMS system, staff members undergo about five times the national standard of 72 hours of continuing education, refresher courses and recertification in CPR and advanced life-support skills, says chief executive Bill Mergendahl ."
• "Ms. Quan also plans to bid on contracts issued by neighboring cities wanting to outsource fire-department services, in what would be a first for Oakland."