(firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires. / (firefighting, US) A single emergency response unit and its personnel within a fire department

Weapons fire from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.

(idiomatic) To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.

A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis or ordeal.

An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

a type of clay that is able to withstand intense heat; used to make firebricks, crucibles, and other ceramics

A performer who pretends to swallow fire. / (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. / (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

A mesh screen placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.

a mesh grill placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.

The metal frame in a fireplace, used to hold the logs, or to support the poker and other tools.