firefighter

rescuer trained to extinguish hazardous fires
Intangible profession Q107711
firefighter
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firefighter

Summary

firefighter is a profession[1]. firefighter ranks in the top 4% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,734 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • firefighter was a member of fire department[3].
  • firefighter was a member of volunteer fire department[4].
  • firefighter was a member of professional fire brigade[5].
  • firefighter was a member of Q746149[6].
  • firefighter was a member of fire department of a company[7].
  • firefighter's instance of is recorded as profession[8].
  • firefighter's instance of is recorded as occupation group according to ISCO-08[9].
  • firefighter's instance of is recorded as activity[10].
  • firefighter's instance of is recorded as occupation[11].
  • firefighter's flag is recorded as matoi[12].
  • firefighter is a type of worker[13].
  • firefighter is a type of rescuer[14].
  • firefighter is a type of first responder[15].
  • firefighter's Commons category is recorded as Firefighters[16].
  • firefighter's patron saint is recorded as Saint Florian[17].
  • firefighter's patron saint is recorded as Catherine of Siena[18].
  • firefighter's patron saint is recorded as Saint Barbara[19].
  • firefighter's field of this occupation is recorded as firefighting[20].
  • firefighter's field of this occupation is recorded as vehicle extrication[21].
  • firefighter's field of this occupation is recorded as fire inspection[22].
  • firefighter's field of this occupation is recorded as emergency management[23].
  • firefighter's field of this occupation is recorded as rescue[24].
  • firefighter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Firefighters[25].
  • firefighter's Commons gallery is recorded as Fire fighter[26].
  • firefighter's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 5411[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include profession[8], occupation group according to ISCO-08[9], activity[10], and occupation[11]. Recorded subclass of include worker[13], rescuer[14], and first responder[15].

Why It Matters

firefighter ranks in the top 4% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,734 views/month).[2] firefighter has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] firefighter is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . deutsch.radio.cz. deutsch.radio.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . kath-kirche-vorarlberg.at. kath-kirche-vorarlberg.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . wikidata.org.
  17. [24] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] . wikidata.org.
  20. [5] . wikidata.org.
  21. [6] . wikidata.org.
  22. [7] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Robin van der Vliet · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fireman'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'إطفائي'}, {'lang': 'de-at', 'text': 'Feuerwehrmann'} +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3321]]: brandweerman"
  2. 4d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P244]]: sh2002006171"
  3. 15d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subreddit firefighter
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3984]]: firefighter, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144658347|firefighter (#144658347)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Direc"
  4. 20d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicted by Memorial to Firefighters
    Aliases
    Field of this occupation firefighting, vehicle extrication, fire inspection +2
    Described by source Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P8283]]: 5411, [[Wikidata:Bots/MarisDreshmanisBot|GSCO]] Phase 1.0: provenance reference for ISCO-08 occupation class (source: ISCO-08 Q113864458)"
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