Fireman or
stoker is the
job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a
steam engine. On
steam locomotives the term
fireman is usually used, while on
steamships and stationary steam engines, such as those driving
saw mills, the term is usually
stoker (although the
British Merchant Navy did use
fireman). The German word
Heizer is equivalent. Much of the job is hard physical labor, such as shoveling fuel, typically
coal, into the engine's firebox.