# What is a firefighter's job?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-firefighters-job/662436 "2013-07-02T11:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-firefighters-job/662436/21 "2013-07-02T20:35:25Z")

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And honestly you never know. I was a Senior Scout and they called for volunteers, handed us brushhooks and Pulaskis and sent us to do a firebreak ( You had to be 16, and they evaced all the younger scouts). Then the fire turned, and you had kids running from a wildfire. The _real_ firefighters were so impressed that I didn’t drop my brushhook when running (and yes, I ran like a muthafucka) that they gave it to me. Still had it until my last move.

So, they 16-18yo kids out to help with the fires, and of course they _thought_ we were gonna be safe.

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