Around 1708 an Act was passed in England for the better protection of property and life from fire making it compulsory for every parish in England to maintain fire-engines and ladders, to be paid for out of the rates. The 1708 Act did not, however, provide any instructions for the use of the equipment, which subsequently was unmanned in the event o...
[n] - a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires 2. [n] - British name for a fire department
fire company noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
a group of firefighters, esp. as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency. · a small fire department privately employed by an institution.