Will AI replace firefighters?

Very unlikely.

Burning buildings and road traffic collisions are unpredictable and dangerous. Robots help, but people go in.

AI-proof score

95/100

Very safe

AI won't replace this any time soon.

Easy to automateNeeds a human

Our estimate from published research, not a prediction about you or any employer. How we score jobs

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Six ratings feed the score. Four protect a job from AI and two expose it. How we score jobs

Hands-onProtects: Skilled physical work in the real world
Unpredictable settingsProtects: Every site, home or patient is different
Human touchProtects: Trust, care or persuasion face to face
AccountabilityProtects: Licensed or high-stakes — someone has to sign it off
Screen-basedExposes: Work done on a computer with text, data or images
RoutineExposes: Repeatable, rules-based tasks