Their mortality rate doesn't reach the top ten for U.S. jobs. That's only using 2005 data, but mortality doesn't greatly change by year, except certain freak instances like 2001.
From a business perspective, it doesn't make sense to give firefighters high job security; you do so when you're trying to attract stable, family people, and such people would shade away from firefighting for its hazards.
A lot of people try to get into the job, which should bring down pay. Are great skills needed for the job that few individuals can pick up well? I'm guessing some people who are familiar with the field will chime in, but I know that the job's not treated highly as such because of the job security; if a quality firefighter is hugely important, it'd make sense to eliminate or force leave for those who were less than excellent.
I bring all this up because I'm attracted to the really high job satisfaction reported among several surveys, among other things, and I wish pay and security were appreciably less so I could have less competition (I've concluded from research that it's usually very hard to get into paid positions).
Edit: job security is very close to 100%, according to one article I read, and this post assumes the high pay of firefighters isn't in dispute.
From a business perspective, it doesn't make sense to give firefighters high job security; you do so when you're trying to attract stable, family people, and such people would shade away from firefighting for its hazards.
A lot of people try to get into the job, which should bring down pay. Are great skills needed for the job that few individuals can pick up well? I'm guessing some people who are familiar with the field will chime in, but I know that the job's not treated highly as such because of the job security; if a quality firefighter is hugely important, it'd make sense to eliminate or force leave for those who were less than excellent.
I bring all this up because I'm attracted to the really high job satisfaction reported among several surveys, among other things, and I wish pay and security were appreciably less so I could have less competition (I've concluded from research that it's usually very hard to get into paid positions).
Edit: job security is very close to 100%, according to one article I read, and this post assumes the high pay of firefighters isn't in dispute.