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• n  a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

• Photo essay by volunteer firefighter John Albanese.
• I live in Eastchester, just north of city, and I've been a volunteer firefighter for the Eastchester fire department for 32 years, since I was 18.
• In my days as a firefighter, I've been at some pretty terrible scenes.

• fireman
• fire fighter
• fire-eater

News & Articles

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• Firefighter injured while battling Sugarmill Woods house fire
  A firefighter was injured Tuesday while battling a blaze that broke out in a Sugarmill Woods house.
  June 12, 2013 - Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
• Firefighter dies in Northern California
  A 28-year-old firefighter from Susanville died Monday afternoon as a result of injuries received on a wildfire on the Modoc National Forest in northeast California.
  June 12, 2013 - Red Bluff Daily News
• Firefighter injured in 'suspicious' Dunedin house fire
  A firefighter was treated for burns after rushing into what authorities called a suspicious fire Tue
  June 11, 2013 - Bay News 9 Tampa Bay

Quotes

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• John Edwards in Guardian Unlimited
  Because there are a lot of firefighter couples, for example, that make $100,000, $115,000 a year,Edwards said in the debate on MSNBC. "We don't want to raise taxes on them. But I do believe that people who make $50, $75, $100 million a...
• Jerry Lewis in Forbes
  Whoa, whoa firefighters. They're all my heroes - every firefighter you see,Lewis said.
• Gray Davis in San Jose Mercury News
  That's a very wrenching and painful experience for all,said Davis, now an attorney at the Los Angeles law firm of Loeb and Loeb. "If you're a teacher, a firefighter, a state employee, a private contractor, it's better to know that there's...