"nearest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He said firefighters had found the nearest hydrant, on Audubon Avenue, as well as another, around a corner on 178th Street, blocked by illegal parkers.
- How close was the nearest hydrant?
- Piddle on the nearest hydrant, Clark, and then we'll get out of here.
- In case of a fire, this was the procedure used: Someone ran to ring the fire bell while everyone else near the fire ran to the hose cart to fasten the hose to the nearest hydrant.
- "How far are we from the nearest dedicated hydrant?"
- A department spokesman said last night that the unit, Engine Company 270 in Richmond Hill, where the fire occurred, had been assigned the lead role in putting out the fire - getting water from the nearest hydrant to the house, in which two men died.
- The vehicle will lay out its hose at the nearest hydrant or open source, and then drive to the fireground with the hose laying off the back.
- Water had to be ferried from the nearest hydrant using a bowser.
- He knew there was no chance to find a parking place, so he pulled in at the nearest hydrant.
- The fire department wants to know, when a 911 emergency call comes in, where the nearest hydrant is.
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