Firefighters in Canada may be full-time or volunteer. They may be your neighbour, and live just down the block or road from you.
You may personally know firefighters, and some may be friends or relatives of yours.
My wife has two cousins who are career firefighters. One is a firefighter with the City of Vancouver and the other is with the City of Surrey.
Being a volunteer firefighter myself since the 1980s, I’ve had the honour of meeting many firefighters from across Canada and the United States.