Firefighter

When you are a firefighter in your dream you are needed in a problem that is burning up. You need to be the hero and step in and out the flame before it gets worse. To see a firefighter in your dream is a positive symbol representing protection & help from an outside source in your life.

A person who helps extinguish problems between people or helps out in times of disaster

Representing the character 'who puts out fires' the firefighter can portray 'dousing' feelings. Meeting police in a dream can be a symbol of restriction and the firefighter can symbolize dousing passion and anger. At work, you may be the 'firefighter' rushing in to solve everyone's problems as a way of validating your worth. Perhaps there is insecurity surrounding your ability to delegate and as a problem solver, you find a road of many problems. Just as a person with a hammer sees only nails, a person with a fire extinguishing device will find many fires. As a character representing you, the firefighter may be 'putting out your fire' in terms of passion, sexuality and feelings. This character can also portray the defense mechanism at play in controlling anger or feelings. In this case, acknowledging anger may be required. See Fire.