fire brigade

service des pompiers

Service public chargé de prévenir les incendies et de les éteindre.

En anglais simple : The public service whose workers prevent fires and put them out.

• Call the fire brigade!
• The fire brigade rescued everyone from the house.
• Our local fire brigade visits schools to teach children about safety.

Synonymes : fire service, fire department

Expressions courantes : call the fire brigade, local fire brigade

équipe incendie

Groupe de salariés formés pour éteindre les incendies sur leur lieu de travail.

En anglais simple : A team of workers trained to put out fires at their workplace.

• The factory has its own fire brigade.
• Workers joined the fire brigade after safety training.
• The fire brigade practised using the new equipment.

Synonymes : fire team

Expressions courantes : factory fire brigade, industrial fire brigade

équipe de crise

Équipe formée qu’on envoie rapidement pour régler un problème grave.

En anglais simple : A trained team sent quickly to deal with a serious problem.

• They sent a fire brigade of experts to fix the problem.
• The company keeps a technical fire brigade ready for sudden failures.
• Our financial fire brigade saved the struggling branch.

Synonymes : crisis team

Expressions courantes : technical fire brigade, financial fire brigade