The newer buildings in the larger city required full-time professional firefighters.

Business is divided among professional firefighters, local residents and tourists.

At that time, it served as a training facility for professional firefighters.

There is a much higher percentage of female police officers and paramedics than professional firefighters.

There were initially three fire stations, 65 professional firefighters, and 23 horses.

The station has professional firefighters during the day, but about 20 student volunteers pick up the slack at night and on weekends.

They are Indians and white people, college students and full-time, professional firefighters.

Competitions were held for both professional and volunteer firefighters.

"Egyptians were helping, but there was no professional Egyptian firefighters still," he said.

It was manned by a mix of students and professional firefighters.