Firefighter Emoji

People

A person wearing a protective yellow or red helmet with a face shield, representing a professional firefighter. The design features a sturdy look intended to signal emergency response and public safety work.

Usage Context

Used to discuss emergency services, local fire departments, or to commend the bravery of first responders. It is frequently sent alongside 🔥 to indicate a house fire or rescue scenario, or paired with 🚒 to signify equipment on the way.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0 to expand the range of professional occupations available. It builds on earlier gender-specific firefighter icons, eventually moving toward a neutral design to provide more inclusive representation for emergency personnel across global platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🚒

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F692

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f692:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83D;&#xDE92;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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