How to Use firefighter in a Sentence

firefighter

noun

• That forced firefighters to carry their hose around the taxi to fight the blaze.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
• The names of the injured firefighters haven’t been released.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
• The roof did not collapse due to the fire, but firefighters did tear part of the roof off in order to contain the fire.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2023
• Less than two hours after the firefighters left, the couple’s fears had come to fruition.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The sheriff's office said firefighters used a human chain to pass the presents to the deputies, who then placed them on dry land.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• At one active fire, a firefighter had to break out the window of the Cruise car to stop it from running over a hose.
  — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Made up of parishioners and pastors in their best church clothes, the group linked arms and shielded the firefighters from a mob.
  — Elaine Woo, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• Once firefighters put out the flames, police found the remains of three adults and three children inside the home.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 June 2023
• In Alameda, a firefighters and the Coast Guard responded to a boat in distress of the island’s shore.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Then, as rain pounded the riverbed, two firefighters appeared and pulled him to higher ground.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Because of how fast the fire was spreading, firefighters had to battle the blaze from outside the structure.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Karl is a firefighter in Phoenix, and the dead child was identified as Bodhi, the webpage said.
  — Austin Mullen, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
• Some firefighters were stranded on the fire line, and dozens of vehicles needed to be towed from the field and serviced.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• But calmer winds had helped firefighters near Athens get the upper hand on a number of fires burning in the suburbs.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Scott Douglas with the fire department, firefighters entered the building and put out the fire.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• Tetrick, 51, of Painesville, served Cleveland as a firefighter for more than 27 years.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• Shostakovich was a volunteer firefighter during the siege of Leningrad.
  — John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• At the height of the fires in August, the water ran dry, with nothing flowing from hydrants when the firefighters needed it most.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• Kat Vargas and her husband, a firefighter, live in Texas.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• Smoke was seen rising over central London from the building’s roof as firefighters worked from a crane to douse the flames.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
• One structure has been destroyed, and at least one firefighter was injured in the effort to control the flames.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• The Louisville Fire Department arrived at the scene with 30 firefighters.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• Wind gusts are expected to ease over the area by midweek, which could lend a helping hand to firefighters.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 July 2023
• Las Cruces firefighters arrived on scene and found a sinkhole 30-feet wide and 30-feet deep that had not yet settled.
  — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• Haney works as a firefighter and paramedic in Glendale.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Johnson is the son of a firefighter, who was critically burned and disabled in the line of duty.
  — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
• Fort Lauderdale police and firefighters will be out in force.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
• Tony, a firefighter killed on the job, never mentioned his uncle Arthur.
  — Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
• Cops, firefighters, and search-and-rescue teams have come from Indiana, New York, Ohio.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
• One firefighter was seen shimmying on a narrow ledge, with ropes in hand, making his way toward the worker.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024