Sentence examples for fire ponds from inspiring English sources

In the past the lakes were there to prevent disaster: they were "fire stoppers" and known as branddamme (fire ponds).

In it, a resident of a village in the Tver region wrote that under the Communists, "there were three fire ponds in the village, a bell that tolled when a fire began, and — guess what — a fire truck".

The New Yorker, July 28 , 1980P. 38 We stock the fire pond with rainbows.

By Michael J. Rosen The New Yorker, July 28 , 1980P. 38 We stock the fire pond with rainbows.

Melanie had been friends with a boy in the band named Dale Young throughout high school, but on the night of graduation, when all the seniors went up to a fire pond in the mountains to drink beer and celebrate, they became something more.

The United States Government purchased the land in the 1930s for recreational use and used the Civilian Conservation Corps to adapt the land to the purpose, including the construction of fire control ponds, forest roads and adapting the Avery House for park use.

Sewage runs in rivulets and gathers in festering ponds, fires burn on trash-strewn streets and jobless men linger outside shops darkened by blackouts that last four of every six hours.

A blogger described the plight of his village, 100 miles from Moscow: "We had three ponds, a fire alarm and even a fire engine under the nut-case Communists.

Comparatively little is known about the refuge role of fire dams, urban artificial ponds, golf course lakes, disused industrial ponds and retaining walls.

Along with Donna Karan, Alec Baldwin and Martha Stewart (who braved a recent fire in her Lily Pond Lane home), the photographer Patrick Demarchelier is a survivor who knows how to avoid trouble.

How was your Labor Day? Ours was pretty good: did some beach vibes, watched some Netflix -- OH MY GOD IS THAT A CAR ON FIRE CAREENING INTO A POND?!