My Hero doesn't wear a cape, he wears Turnouts!

The Harris Poll of August 5th asked about the prestige of 23 occupations.  Fire fighters were

ranked as the most prestigious!

PRESTIGE OF 23 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

"I am going to read off a number of different occupations. For each, would you tell me if you feel it is an occupation of very great prestige, considerable prestige, some prestige or hardly any prestige at all?"

Base: All Adults

	Very Great Prestige	ConsiderablePrestige	Some Prestige	Hardly Any Prestige At All	Not Sure/Refused
	%	%	%	%	%
Firefighter	57	26	14	3	*
Scientist	56	24	15	4	*
Doctor	53	28	14	3	2
Nurse	52	23	18	6	*
Teacher	52	22	21	4	*
Military officer	46	24	20	8	2
Police officer	46	25	22	7	*
Farmer	41	20	25	12	1
Priest/Minister/Clergy	40	25	23	11	*
Engineer	40	27	26	5	2
Member of Congress	28	24	31	15	1
Architect	28	30	34	7	1
Lawyer	24	21	39	15	1
Athlete	20	17	41	20	2
Journalist	18	24	40	17	2
Union Leader	18	17	38	25	2
Business executive	17	24	44	14	1
Actor	16	11	40	32	1
Entertainer	15	16	41	27	2
Accountant	15	22	46	15	1
Banker	15	21	49	15	*
Stockbroker	10	18	42	26	4
Real estate agent/broker	6	10	49	34	2

Here are 3 of my favorite PRESTIGIOUS fire fighters!