(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.

(of a fabled animal, such as a dragon) That shoots fire from the mouth or nostrils / (idiomatic) caustic, vitriolic or scathing

Alternative spelling of fire-breathing

A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires

(military, chiefly historical) A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.

(informal) To an intense degree.

(informal) Extreme or intense in degree.

(of a gun) Able to fire bullets in quick succession. / (of a series of questions, etc.) Delivered in a rapid continuous stream.

A special type of axe used by firefighters, typically featuring a pick-shaped pointed poll (area of the head opposite the cutting edge) and in a vivid color to make it easily visible during an emergency.

plural of fire axe