The Collaborative International Dictionary
firefighter \fire"fight`er\, fire fighter \fire" fight`er\(f[imac]r"f[imac]`t[~e]r), n. A person whose occupation it is to go to the scene of an unwanted fire and extinguish it; a member of a fire company; a fireman[1] or a woman who fights fires.
Note: Some towns have few or no professional firefighters, and fire suppression is conducted mostly by groups of volunteers, called volunteer firefighters. The term fireman[1] was at one time synonymous with firefighter, until women began to engage in the same occupation.
Usage examples of "volunteer firefighters".
There's Yankalillee of course, then Wooragee, Bowmans-Murmungee, Gapsted and Mudgegonga, altogether about three hundred volunteer firefighters.
Twenty minutes later, the scene seethed with people, volunteer firefighters, both constables from the local OPP detachment, and most of the remaining population.
He barreled away in his red Jaguar as the siren at City Hall summoned the volunteer firefighters.
The sheriff and his deputies, the volunteer firefighters, the fire medics, the coroner, the sightseers.
In the Black Creek valley, volunteer firefighters are going from door to door, warning families to move to higher ground.
That action and the plastic runner were probably needless caution, considering that the footprints of volunteer firefighters and county sheriff's men would soon cover the yard.
Teachers, the night clerk from the 7-Eleven, some of the volunteer firefighters, the county librarian, her doctor.