fire station

noun

The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.

Meanings

nounfire station (plural fire stations)

plural fire stations

  1. The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.

    Synonyms: fire barn, firehouse, fire house, fire hall

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna station housing fire apparatus and firemen

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Translations

Afrikaans brandweer-stasie, brandweerstasie
  • brandweer-stasiebuilding for firefighters
  • brandweerstasiebuilding for firefighters
Arabic مَرْكَز إطْفَاء
  • مَرْكَز إطْفَاء (markaz ʔiṭfāʔ)building for firefighters
Basque suhiltzaile etxe
  • suhiltzaile etxebuilding for firefighters
Bulgarian пожарна
  • пожарна (požarna)building for firefighters
Catalan parc de bombers, caserna de bombers
  • parc de bombersbuilding for firefighters
  • caserna de bombersbuilding for firefighters
Chinese Mandarin 消防站, 消防署
  • 消防站 (xiāofángzhàn)building for firefighters
  • 消防署 (xiāofángshǔ)building for firefighters
  • 消防局 (xiāofángjú)building for firefighters
Czech hasičská stanice
  • hasičská stanicebuilding for firefighters
Danish brandstation
  • brandstationbuilding for firefighters
Dutch brandweerkazerne
  • brandweerkazernebuilding for firefighters
Esperanto fajrobrigadejo, fajrobrigadujo
  • fajrobrigadejobuilding for firefighters
  • fajrobrigadujobuilding for firefighters
Finnish paloasema
  • paloasemabuilding for firefighters
French caserne de pompiers
  • caserne de pompiersbuilding for firefighters
German Feuerwache, Feuerwehrhaus
  • Feuerwachebuilding for firefighters
  • Feuerwehrhausbuilding for firefighters
  • Feuerwehrdepotbuilding for firefighters
Greek πυροσβεστικός σταθμός
  • πυροσβεστικός σταθμός (pyrosvestikós stathmós)building for firefighters
Icelandic slökkviliðsstöð
  • slökkviliðsstöðbuilding for firefighters
Indonesian stasiun pemadam kebakaran, SPK
  • stasiun pemadam kebakaranbuilding for firefighters
  • SPKbuilding for firefighters
Irish stáisiún dóiteáin
  • stáisiún dóiteáinbuilding for firefighters
Italian caserma dei vigili del fuoco, stazione dei vigili del fuoco
  • caserma dei vigili del fuocobuilding for firefighters
  • stazione dei vigili del fuocobuilding for firefighters
Japanese 消防署
  • 消防署 (shōbōsho)building for firefighters
Korean 소방서
  • 소방서 (sobangseo)building for firefighters
Malay balai bomba
  • balai bombabuilding for firefighters
Māori whare tinei ahi
  • whare tinei ahibuilding for firefighters
Norwegian Bokmål brannstasjon
  • brannstasjonbuilding for firefighters
Polish remiza, straż pożarna
  • remizabuilding for firefighters
  • straż pożarnabuilding for firefighters
Portuguese posto de bombeiros
  • posto de bombeirosbuilding for firefighters
Romanian post de pompieri, post contra-incendiu
  • post de pompieribuilding for firefighters
  • post contra-incendiubuilding for firefighters
  • stație de pompieribuilding for firefighters
Russian пожа́рная ста́нция, пожа́рное депо́
  • пожа́рная ста́нция (požárnaja stáncija)building for firefighters
  • пожа́рное депо́ (požárnoje dɛpó)building for firefighters
Spanish parque de bomberos, estación de bomberos
  • parque de bomberosbuilding for firefighters
  • estación de bomberosbuilding for firefighters
  • cuartel de bomberosbuilding for firefighters
Swedish brandstation
  • brandstationbuilding for firefighters
Tagalog himpilan ng bombero, estasyon ng bombero
  • himpilan ng bomberobuilding for firefighters
  • estasyon ng bomberobuilding for firefighters
Tamil தீயணைப்பு நிலையம்
  • தீயணைப்பு நிலையம் (tīyaṇaippu nilaiyam)building for firefighters
Thai สถานีดับเพลิง
  • สถานีดับเพลิง (sà-tǎa-nii-dàp-pləəng)building for firefighters
Turkish itfaiye istasyonu
  • itfaiye istasyonubuilding for firefighters
Ukrainian поже́жна ста́нція, поже́жне депо́
  • поже́жна ста́нція (požéžna stáncija)building for firefighters
  • поже́жне депо́ (požéžne depó)building for firefighters
Vietnamese trạm cứu hỏa
  • trạm cứu hỏabuilding for firefighters
Cite this entry
APA

fire station. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20station

MLA

“fire station.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20station. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire station,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20station.

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