Fire department and Fire brigade

Fire department noun - The department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires.

Fire brigade and fire department are semantically related (British) in firefighter unit topic. In some cases you can use "Fire brigade" instead a noun phrase "Fire department".

Fire brigade noun - British name for a fire department.

Fire department and fire brigade are semantically related (American) in firefighter unit topic. You can use "Fire department" instead a noun phrase "Fire brigade".