How to Use fire chief in a Sentence

fire chief

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  • The fire chief then screamed at them and urged them to get on the ground.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The man is an employee of the bank, the fire chief said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • Most of San Diego’s 18 fire chiefs have been White men.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant in charge of the E.M.T.s had never gotten off the fire truck.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Greif has served as Plano’s fire chief since June 2015.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 20 July 2021
  • The fire chief expected crews to be on the scene on all night.
    — NBC News, 18 Feb. 2021
  • What are the salaries of the Milwaukee police chief and fire chief?
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The city’s fire chief says driverless cabs are not ready for prime time.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The fire chief said the new cascade system should be installed by the end of the year.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
    — Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The fire chief said the blaze quickly spread from the first floor to the second and cut off access to the staircase.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Norris Croom, a fire chief in Castle Rock, said the show was not worth the risk.
    — Payton Major and Haley Brink, CNN, 2 July 2022
  • Dave Montoya, a local fire chief, heard the call and offered to drive up the pass.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • No firefighters were hurt while putting out the fire, the fire chief said.
    — Maggy McDonel and Joanna Bouras, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The fire chief said the grant, split over two years, pays for the new firefighters’ salary and pension.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The man with the snakes, Erik Vogel, did not contact the Madeira police chief or fire chief.
    — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The grand marshal will come next with the banner held by the fire chief, police chief and the mayor.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The fire chief said neighbors rushed to the scene to lift parts of the roof off the surviving woman as a fire spread.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Alex Jackson became the city's first Black fire chief in 2008 and served four years.
    — Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Chris Clark, Glen Ellyn’s fire chief, said in the release.
    — Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Grod will begin as the village's fire chief on Nov. 16.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The fire chief said the levy accounts for more than 95 percent of his budget.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The fire chief and the head of the firefighters union later said that the fire was extinguished.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • One look at the smoke, and the three dove into the water and swam the short distance nearby docks, the fire chief said.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
  • His grandfather, Thomas Opie, was the city’s first fire chief, Hepa said.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2021
  • He was promoted to fire chief, Gilbert's third, in 2013.
    — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The woman, who lived on the third floor, was found by firefighters in the basement, said the city’s fire chief, Pat Sweeney.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Jobe was the former city of Bromley mayor and fire chief.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 21 July 2021
  • Steve Lopez: Bass fired the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The fire chief would be responsible for educating the public on the proper disposal method.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025

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