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  • The sum of twelve thousand dollars shall annually, before the first day of July, be paid by tlie treasurer and receiver general to the treas - urer of the Massachusetts State Firemen's Association out of the money received from taxes on fire insurance com - panies doing Imsiness in this Commonwealth, and it shall be known as the Firemen's Relief Fund of Massachusetts.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • Then some "Firemen" threw a whole bunch of really hot rocks into the tent and it got so hot that I thought my skin was gonna turn into Kentucky fried chicken.

    Born on the Bayou: Tribal Katrina victims, you have not been forgotten! 2006

  • “The firemen arrived to put out the fire” probably does not accurately show the dominance theory … Perhaps “Firemen rushed to put out a fierce fire in the warehouse district” would be a better example?

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • Firemen appeared on the scene, but the ladders were too short, and the life nets held aloft for the jumping girls to land on tore upon impact.

    The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • Firemen find him, eventually, rolled up in the bathtub, little fists and teeth clenching.

    Cavity Michael Smith 2012

  • (As in “Firemen rushed to put a fierce fire out in the warehouse district” does sound awkward?)

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • Firemen were rushing into the building, so Paul announced that they looked like they had things under control and insisted we return to the dinner table.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • In a career-spanning 36 song set list that would include everything from his work with The Beatles, Wings, his solo material and his recent work with The Firemen, Paul and his band drove the paying audience into a night that they could truly get their money's worth -- after all nothing is cheap at Yankee Stadium!

    Salvatore Bono: McCartney Hits It Out of the Park Salvatore Bono 2011

  • Firemen were rushing into the building, so Paul announced that they looked like they had things under control and insisted we return to the dinner table.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • In a career-spanning 36 song set list that would include everything from his work with The Beatles, Wings, his solo material and his recent work with The Firemen, Paul and his band drove the paying audience into a night that they could truly get their money's worth -- after all nothing is cheap at Yankee Stadium!

    Salvatore Bono: McCartney Hits It Out of the Park Salvatore Bono 2011

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