Would you not agree that “firefighter” makes more sense? It’s what he does: fights fire. He’s not made of fire. “Firefighter” is not only gender-neutral, but it’s more accurate.
As someone who works for a fire department, it continues to irk me that a comic strip continues to use “fireman” instead of “firefighter”, ESPECIALLY WHEN SAID COMIC HAS A WOMAN FIREFIGHTER as a central character! C’mon Mr. Evans! Get with it!
I wish!