fire brigade

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/

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Noun

fire brigade (plural fire brigades)

1. (firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
2. (firefighting, British) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.

   see also fire service

3. (military, US) A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
   • 1976, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 28, page 112:

     General Westmoreland used some incoming troops as a fire brigade to squelch major threats and keep the Communists off balance.

Translations

group within a corporation or industrial site

• Arabic: فِرْقَة مَطَافِئ f (firqat maṭāfiʔ)
• Belarusian: пажа́рная кама́нда f (pažárnaja kamánda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消防隊／消防队 (zh) (xiāofángduì)

• Czech: hasičský sbor m, požární sbor m
• Finnish: tehdaspalokunta (factory fire brigade), palokunta (fi)
• French: sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m pl
• German: Feuerwehr (de) f
• Hungarian : tűzoltóság (hu)
• Italian: squadra di pompieri f
• Japanese: 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai)
• Korean: 소방대(消防隊) (ko) (sobangdae)
• Latvian: ugunsdzēsēju komanda f, ugunsdzēsēji m pl
• Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба f (protivpóžarna slúžba), пожа́рна f (požárna) (colloquial)
• Maori: hunga tinei ahi, rōpū tinei ahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannvern n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: آتَش‌نِشانی (fa) (âtaš-nešâni)

• Portuguese: brigada de incêndio/incêndios f
• Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (ru) f (požárnaja kománda), пожа́рные (ru) m pl (požárnyje)
• Spanish: brigada de bomberos f, cuerpo de bomberos
• Swedish: brandkår (sv) c
• Telugu: అగ్నిమాపకదళం (te) (agnimāpakadaḷaṁ)
• Tetum: bombeiru-lubun
• Tongan: kau me'a tāmate afi
• Turkish: itfaiye (tr)
• Ukrainian: поже́жна кома́нда f (požéžna kománda)

organization for preventing and putting out fires

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܝܼܥܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܟ̰ܡܲܥܬܵܐ (sīʿta māčmāʿta)
• Belarusian: пажа́рная ахо́ва f (pažárnaja axóva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消防隊／消防队 (zh) (xiāofángduì)

• Czech: hasičský sbor m, požární sbor m
• Danish: brandvæsen n
• Dutch: brandweer (nl) m
• Finnish: palokunta (fi)
• French: sapeurs-pompiers (fr) m pl
• German: Feuerwehr (de) f
• Greek: πυροσβεστικό σώμα n (pyrosvestikó sóma), πυροσβεστική (el) f (pyrosvestikí), πυροσβεστική υπηρεσία f (pyrosvestikí ypiresía)
• Hebrew: מכבי אש m pl (mekhabei esh)
• Hindi: दमकल दस्ता m (damkal dastā), दमकल (hi) f (damkal)
• Hungarian: tűzoltóság (hu)
• Irish: briogáid dóiteáin f
• Italian: vigili del fuoco (it) m pl
• Japanese: 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい, shōbōtai)
• Korean: 소방대(消防隊) (ko) (sobangdae)
• Ladin: destudafuech
• Latvian: ugunsdzēsēji m pl
• Macedonian: противпо́жарна слу́жба f (protivpóžarna slúžba), пожа́рна f (požárna) (colloquial)
• Malay: pasukan (ms) bomba (ms)
• Maori: hunga tinei ahi, rōpū tinei ahi
• Marathi: अग्निशामक दल n (agniśāmak dal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannvesen n

  Nynorsk: brannstell n

• Plautdietsch: Fiawäa f
• Polish: straż pożarna (pl) f
• Portuguese: corpo de bombeiros m, brigada de incêndio/incêndios f
• Russian: пожа́рная кома́нда (ru) f (požárnaja kománda), пожа́рные (ru) m pl (požárnyje), пожа́рная охра́на f (požárnaja oxrána)
• Spanish: cuerpo de bomberos
• Swedish: brandkår (sv) c, räddningskår (sv) c, brandförsvar n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: མེ་གསོད་རུ་ཁག (me gsod ru khag)
• Turkish: itfaiye (tr)
• Ukrainian: поже́жна охоро́на f (požéžna oxoróna)
• Walloon: pompîs m pl, foyerwer (wa) m (borrowed from German, Malmedy region, old)
• Welsh: brigâd dân f

See also

• fire company
• fire department
• fire house
• fire station