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
  • Tim Dawson smiled as a firefighter helped his son Theo, 3, spray the water jet.
    Gary Gibula, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Cops, firefighters, and search-and-rescue teams have come from Indiana, New York, Ohio.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
  • He's done that for his father, for his mother, for Carlos, for all of his firefighter comrades, his paramedic comrades, and all the patients out in the field.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024

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