Being married to a firefighter is not always easy. First, the high risk nature of the job can be difficult for some spouses. There are many more dangerous jobs than firefighting, but waiting to hear from them after a fire can be a cause for worry. The hardest thing for the spouse of a firefighter is the absences.

Do firefighters have high divorce rate?

Based on their analysis, firefighters had a lower rate of current divorce/ separation than most other occupations (14.08% for firefighters vs. 16.35% for average across occupations).

Do firefighters cheat on their wives?

But cheating at the fire house DOES happen, especially because we know about 30% of relationships involve some form of cheating (like messaging, sexting etc). Unfortunately that is a problem that will happen wherever your cheating spouse works- even in they worked from home.