Firefighters
Protective Service Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 33-2011.00
Control and extinguish fires or respond to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk. Duties may include fire prevention, emergency medical service, hazardous material response, search and rescue, and disaster assistance.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.18
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
30 rated tasks · 5 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (16.7%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Rescue survivors from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards. | Core | 0 |
| Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus. | Core | 0 |
| Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios. | Core | 1 |
| Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties. | Core | 0 |
| Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents. | Core | 0 |
| Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters. | Core | 0 |
| Drive and operate fire fighting vehicles and equipment. | Core | 0 |
| Inspect fire sites after flames have been extinguished to ensure that there is no further danger. | Core | 0.5 |
| Position and climb ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings, or to rescue individuals from burning structures. | Core | 0 |
| Select and attach hose nozzles, depending on fire type, and direct streams of water or chemicals onto fires. | Core | 0 |
| Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered. | Core | 1 |
| Collaborate with other firefighters as a member of a firefighting crew. | Core | 0 |
| Patrol burned areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that may restart fires. | Core | 0 |
| Collaborate with police to respond to accidents, disasters, and arson investigation calls. | Core | 0 |
| Participate in fire drills and demonstrations of fire fighting techniques. | Core | 0 |
| Maintain knowledge of current firefighting practices by participating in drills and by attending seminars, conventions, and conferences. | Core | 0 |
| Prepare written reports that detail specifics of fire incidents. | Core | 1 |
| Participate in physical training activities to maintain a high level of physical fitness. | Core | 0 |
| Protect property from water and smoke, using waterproof salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants. | Core | 0 |
| Inform and educate the public on fire prevention. | Core | 0.5 |
| Salvage property by removing broken glass, pumping out water, and ventilating buildings to remove smoke. | Core | 0 |
| Clean and maintain fire stations and fire fighting equipment and apparatus. | Core | 0 |
| Inspect buildings for fire hazards and compliance with fire prevention ordinances, testing and checking smoke alarms and fire suppression equipment as necessary. | Core | 0 |
| Take action to contain any hazardous chemicals that could catch fire, leak, or spill. | Core | 0 |
| Extinguish flames and embers to suppress fires, using shovels or engine- or hand-driven water or chemical pumps. | Core | 0 |
| Administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured persons or provide emergency medical care such as basic or advanced life support. | Core | 0 |
| Operate pumps connected to high-pressure hoses. | Core | 0 |
| Search to locate fire survivors. | Core | 0 |
| Train new employees to control and suppress fires. | Core | 0 |
| Orient self in relation to fire, using compass and map, and collect supplies and equipment dropped by parachute. | Supplemental | 0 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 33-2011.00 Firefighters
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