I've dedicated my entire life being a firefighter. I've lost several comrades in my 32 year venture. Cops included. Some of you [bleep] have no clue what you're even talking about.
In college, I was a US Forest Service Smokejumper for several seasons. I've fought many fires (never had water, trucks, hoses and other such luxuries; just a shovel and Pulaski. We lost good men in airplane crashes, jump accidents, falling out of trees on landing, and fire blowups. Additionally, we had a number of injuries (broken legs and ankles, principally) and expected 9-10 injuries for a 50 man unit (in Idaho) during the 2 month fire season.
I don't know what regular firefighters face, but it is probably a lot rarer for them to have to escape a fire moving at 50 mph than it is for wild land fire fighters.
