probies

Firehouse new recruits

Probies is informal plural for probationary firefighters or police officers—rookies still in their trial period.

The term appears frequently in firehouse culture and cop shows: The probies got stuck cleaning the truck again.

Sometimes extended to any newcomer under evaluation in a structured organization.

newcomers

newbies

Inexperienced newcomers

neophytes · beginners · initiates · pledges · recruits · fledglings · tyros · apprentices · cadets · entrants

firefighters

academy

Institution of learning

  • stationFixed stopping point
  • drillsRepetitive training routines
  • hoseFlexible fluid conduit

ladder · engine · chief · battalion · turnout · bunker gear · hydrant · dispatch · shifts · certification

Opposites
experience/tenure

probiesveterans

Former armed forces members

old-timers · lifers · old hands · senior officers · regulars

status/rank

probiessenior officers

Upper-echelon military leadership

captains · chiefs · lieutenants · commanders · brass

Family

probie, probing

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