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fire patrol 
a patrol carried out to detect and locate fires, especially forest fires.
- 1900 A carbine and revolver are always carried when the policeman is looking for trouble, but the former is generally left at barracks when it is a question of "fire patrol" or some other purely civilian duty.
- 1924 The seaplanes from Victoria Beach can be seen daily passing over the post on fire patrol.
- 1965 . . . the daily fire patrol in a small airplane takes an hour and a half.
- 1900 A carbine and revolver are always carried when the policeman is looking for trouble, but the former is generally left at barracks when it is a question of "fire patrol" or some other purely civilian duty.