fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially
: fire truck
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The city also recently freed up some funding that had been used for fast-response squads — two-person crews using pickup truck-style vehicles to assist fire engines.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
The ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m., will include a fire engine escort, a 9/11 memorial tribute and a military aerial flyover.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
The ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m., will include a fire engine escort, a 9/11 memorial tribute and a military aerial flyover.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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