A firefighter is a government employee who gets all advantages like other civil servants including special pensions, medical assistance and retirement benefits. The basic duty of a fire fighter is to extinguish fire and rescue the civilians out of fire. Fire fighters are always first to reach the location of an emergency, and therefore apart from fighting with fire, they can handle accidents and other disasters like earthquakes and floods. Fire fighting job does not require any high profile education and one can easily become a fire fighter after passing high school. Some people also take two year or 4 year training before starting their career as a fire fighter. The firefighting jobs are advertised in the newspapers and on web based portal for county jobs. Fire fighting jobs require you to pass an exam, which tests ones medical fitness, physical strength and theoretical knowledge. Fire fighters work in a team and their main objective is to cater fires. First, they would rescue all civilians and then try to protect building and other valuables from fires. Fire fighters also save pets from fire and try to save as much as they can. They get a good salary and numerous incentives.