Meaning of fire brigade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of extinguishing fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
   US
2. An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.
   Ireland, UK
3. A trained unit that can be rapidly deployed to deal with any difficult situation.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“General Westmoreland used some incoming troops as a fire brigade to squelch major threats and keep the Communists off balance.”

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