The average non police life expectency for males in the us is in the high 70’s, police life expectancy is between 53 and 66 depending on the study (various studies for different departments, some including less traditonal “cops” like park rangers, federal agents, marshals, etc. but the best scenario is 66), I imagine fire is similar. For the boys and girls who strap it on and head into the actual fires or fights, they will live only into their fifties, so do you really envy them now?
Ummmm I don’t think this is the right website to be using the statistical mean as the basis for your argument 🙂
Certainly average life expectancy is lower among these groups, but I’d wager that the standard deviation in life expectancy is much higher than in the general population due to the dangerous and stressful nature of the work. More low samples due to on-the-job deaths and the mean is of course lowered. That doesn’t necessarily mean that a 60 year old retired firefighter is less likely to make it to 75.
