Do you think cops and fire-fighters are Veterans too? Why or why not?

They are veterans in their particular jobs but not "military" veterans. They should be given the same respect for volunteering to do the jobs just as any veteran should though.

Those who serve are cut from the same cloth, be it Military or Civil Service. Each serves in their own way, and all are worth of respect and admiration. Most people can not do any of the jobs in question, they do not have what it takes, be it firing a weapon and taking a life of pulling the body of child from a fire. The rewards of serving in any capacity can be great as well as hell on earth for the things seen and done.

Not unless federalized in some way.