fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus

Examples of fire truck in a Sentence

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Chicago Fire Department District Chief Michael Davita said five ambulances, four fire engines, two fire trucks, and about 50 firefighters responded to the scene. Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Twenty-one seconds later, a convoy of fire trucks left the station to respond to an emergency where another plane reported an odor in the cabin the other side of the airport. Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 The March 22 crash killed two pilots and sent 40 others to the hospital after an air traffic controller cleared a fire truck to cross a runway where the Air Canada plane was already instructed to land. Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026 Pilots Antoine Forest, 30, and Mackenzie Gunther, 24, were killed, and 39 people were taken to hospitals with injuries, including the two people in the fire truck. ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire truck

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire truck was in 1855

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“Fire truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20truck. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

fire truck

noun
: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires

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