Firefighter 🧑‍🚒
Copy & Meaning

The firefighter emoji, depicting a person in red uniform with firefighter helmet alongside a fire engine. This emoji is used to express firefighters, fire departments, and emergency responders. Common usage includes 'Thank you firefighters🧑‍🚒' 'Fire scene🧑‍🚒' or 'Future firefighter🧑‍🚒' This is the gender-neutral version. Added in Unicode 12.1 in 2019 as part of the profession emoji series using the 'person + object' combination format. Firefighters perform crucial life-saving duties worldwide—fighting fires, conducting rescues, responding to disasters, providing emergency medical care, and teaching fire prevention.

They are called 'shobotai-in' (119 dispatch) in Japan and 'firefighter' or 'fireman' internationally, and are a beloved aspirational career for many children. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, firefighters have been recognized worldwide as heroes, becoming objects of gratitude and respect. The emoji is used in posts about fire prevention, disaster drills, children's future dreams, and to acknowledge heroic figures. Skin tone modifiers can be applied to represent firefighters of various ethnicities.