| volunteer firefighter | 5.99 | He serves as a volunteer firefighter. | ||
| local firefighter | 2.76 | Local firefighters later found the wreck. | ||
| the firefighter | 2.50 | The other firefighter suffered minor injuries. | ||
| retired firefighter | 1.78 | He is a retired firefighter. | ||
| fellow firefighter | 1.18 | His fellow firefighters observed a moment of silence. | ||
| injured firefighter | 1.12 | The injured firefighter suffered bruising. | ||
| fallen firefighter | 1.05 | The bells in Bristol, Tennessee, tolled for fallen firefighters. | ||
| former firefighter | 0.92 | To the former firefighter, the ordeal was humiliating. | ||
| black firefighter | 0.86 | Black firefighters have their own union, the Birmingham Brothers Association. | ||
| dead firefighter | 0.86 | The four dead firefighters all were in shelters, as were the injured. | ||
| veteran firefighter | 0.79 | The veteran firefighter puffed his way up the stairs. | ||
| weary firefighter | 0.79 | Weary firefighters propped themselves, motionless, against power poles. | ||
| exhausted firefighter | 0.72 | Exhausted firefighters had combed through most of the building by midday. | ||
| two firefighter | 0.72 | Two other firefighters were injured. | ||
| first firefighter | 0.66 | He sent the first firefighters up to begin rescue work. | ||
| missing firefighter | 0.66 | The remains of two missing firefighters were found Friday afternoon. | ||
| federal firefighter | 0.59 | Hot shots are highly trained federal firefighters hired from about mid-May to October. | ||
| british firefighter | 0.53 | Eight British firefighters, all civilians who volunteered to accompany NATO-led peacekeepers to Kosovo. | ||
| french firefighter | 0.53 | It was unclear whether the French firefighters had remained in Ivory Coast. | ||
| white firefighter | 0.46 | But it went too far, white firefighters said. |