call the fire department

English

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Phrase

call the fire department

1. (US) Call the emergency service that specializes in extinguishing fires.

Synonyms

• call the fire brigade (UK)

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: أُطْلُب الْإِطْفَائِيِّينَ (ʔuṭlub al-ʔiṭfāʔiyyīna)
• Belarusian: выкліка́ць пажарных impf (vyklikácʹ pažarnyx), вы́клікаць пажарных pf (výklikacʹ pažarnyx)
• Bulgarian: извикайте пожарната (izvikajte požarnata)
• Catalan: truca els bombers
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 叫水龍車 / 叫水龙车 (kiò chúi-lêng-chhia / kiò chúi-liông-chhia / kiò chúi-lông-chhia), 叫拍火車 / 叫拍火车 (kiò phah-hóe-chhia / kiò phah-hé-chhia / kiò phah-hér-chhia), 叫消防車 / 叫消防车 (kiò siau-hông-chhia), 叫火燒車 / 叫火烧车 (kiò hé-sio-chhia), 叫救火車 / 叫救火车 (kiò kiù-hé-chhia / kiò kiù-hóe-chhia)

  Mandarin: 叫消防隊 / 叫消防队 (jiào xiāofángduì)

• Czech: zavolejte hasičský sbor
• Danish: ring efter brandvæsen
• Dutch: bel de brandweer
• Esperanto: telefoni al la fajrobrigado
• Finnish: soittakaa palokunta, hälyttäkää palokunta
• French: appelez les pompiers
• German: ruf die Feuerwehr, ruf die Feuerwehr an
• Greek: κάλεσε την πυροσβεστική (kálese tin pyrosvestikí)
• Hindi: दमकल को बुलाओ (damkal ko bulāo)
• Hungarian: hívja a tűzoltókat
• Irish: glaoigh ar na briogáid dóiteáin
• Italian: chiamare i vigili del fuoco
• Japanese: 消防隊を呼んでください (しょうぼうたいをよんでください, shōbōtai o yonde kudasai)
• Korean: 소방본부를 불러주세요 (sobangbonbureul bulleojuseyo), 소방본부를 불러요 (sobangbonbureul bulleoyo)
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ring etter brannvesen

  Nynorsk: ringe etter brannstell

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: proszę po straż pożarną, zadzwoń po straż pożarną
• Portuguese: ligue para os bombeiros
• Romanian: chemați pompieri (formal), cheamă pompieri (informal)
• Russian: вызовите пожарных pf (vyzovite požarnyx), вызывайте пожарных impf (vyzyvajte požarnyx)
• Scots: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зовите ватрогаство n

  Roman: zovite vatrogastvo n

• Spanish: llame a los bomberos
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ring brandkåren
• Tagalog: tumawag ka ng bumbero, tawag ka ng bumbero
• Turkish: itfaiyeyi çağırin (formal), itfaiyeyi çağır (informal)
• Ukrainian: ви́кличте поже́жників (výklyčte požéžnykiv)
• Welsh: galwch yr brigâd dân
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can