fire chief

noun

: the head of a fire department

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By The Numbers By Shannon McDonagh News Reporter 2 A longtime battalion fire chief in Georgia was shot and killed Sunday while assisting a couple whose vehicle struck a deer in rural Alabama. —

Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion fire chief with Coweta County Fire, the Chambers County Alabama Sheriff's Office confirmed in a news release. —

Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article A Georgia fire chief was shot dead after stopping to help motorists who hit a deer in Alabama, and a man who lived near the accident will be charged with murder. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025 California Burned and anxious pets fill Pasadena shelter after Eaton fire Jan. 17, 2025 Tim Sell, Pasadena’s deputy fire chief, said the Eaton fire exploded so quickly his department outgrew its first command post in Altadena’s Charles S. Farnsworth Park in a matter of hours. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fire chief