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I don't know how common it is, but when I was a firefighter, we referred to people who had an interest in firefighting on the level of a hobby as firefighting buffs.
Interesting. My dictionary says it comes from the buff-colored uniforms once worn by volunteer firefighters in New York.
TEd
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