Example sentences for: on-duty

How can you use “on-duty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On-duty ladder companies consisted of a captain or lieutenant and five firefighters; on-duty engine companies consisted of a captain or lieutenant and normally four firefighters.

  • Third, because the attacks came so close to the 9:00 shift change, many firefighters just going off duty were given permission by company officers to "ride heavy" and became part of those on-duty teams, under the leadership of that unit's officer.

  • The on-duty sergeant initially instructed the officers in the WTC Command to meet at the police desk in 5 WTC.

  • For the on-duty fire safety director's perspective, see WTC interview 6 (May 25, 2004).

  • Fourth, many off-duty firefighters responded from firehouses separately from the on-duty unit (in some cases when expressly told not to) or from home.


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