r/Firefighting • u/Hero-Firefighter-24 • 27d ago

Ask A Firefighter At what age did you start firefighting?

Asking because it’s a late career choice for some, while others do it right after college or even high school.

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u/Accomplished-Suit595 27d ago

Started at 16 as an explorer and then full time at 18. I’m now 41.

There was a 50 something year old that went through an academy at a department I used to work at.

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u/RobinT211 23d ago

Did the 50 year old have a lifetime of fitness prior to that?

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u/Accomplished-Suit595 23d ago edited 23d ago

No he was horrible. Think more of publicity. That department had a bad habit of pencil whipping and also the chief was a shit bag that would threaten to get rid of you if you didn’t use his playbook. Best thing I did was get out of there.

Not a total fair assessment. He did concrete work before so he was strong, just lazy because he had an almost guarantee from the chief