I would not call that an irony. A fire truck (or fire brigade that I am more used to calling) risks catching fire just like any other vehicle.
The purpose for which it is intended does not make it less vulnerable to catching a fire.
not a teacher
In BrE, the term "fire brigade" has always referred to the firemen (now increasingly known as "firefighters") and their organisation, rather than their vehicles, in the same way as the word "Army" refers to both the soldiers and the totality of their units. The Fire Brigade's vehicles are called fire tenders, or fire trucks. Interestingly, in these PC days when everything has to be a "service", fire brigades are now called "fire and rescue services", and we now have police "services" instead of "forces".I would not call that an irony. A fire truck (or fire brigade that I am more used to calling) risks catching fire just like any other vehicle.
The purpose for which it is intended does not make it less vulnerable to catching a fire.
not a teacher
I think if a man gets hit by an ambulance, it will be ironic too. Is this right?
I am not a teacher.
Yes, it would be ironic.
I remember a case in London many years ago of an ambulance driver being guilty of a hit-and-run. Now, that's bordering on the absurd.
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