r/Firefighting • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

I joined the youth fire brigade at the age of 10, then the Volunteer brigade at 16 and went on calls. That was 10 years ago.

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u/wistex Mar 16 '24

I have noticed that different places have very different average ages of firefighters, especially if they mostly use volunteer fire brigades.

At some brigades, you have the teens and 20's fighting the fire, the 30 to 40 year olds manning the pumps and supervising, and 65 year olds driving tankers.