A group of workers organized, trained, and equipped by their employer to respond to fires and emergencies within a specific industrial plant, refinery, or commercial facility. Unlike a municipal fire department, their primary mission is to protect their employer's property and stabilize incidents until public resources arrive. In some regions, the term is also used interchangeably with a public fire department.
Heard on the job
The refinery fire brigade had the chemical leak contained before our municipal units arrived on scene.
Also heard as
- industrial fire brigade