To check item in list Firebase

How to check if one item is in the list of firebase before to save him?

In my component my code is

this.voteService.save(cpf, 'CPFS')

My service I have

  saveCPF(path: string) {
    return this.db.list(this.PATH + path)
      .snapshotChanges()
      .map(changes => {
        return changes.map(c => ( {key: c.key , ...c.payload.val() } ));
      })
  }

here I would like to know if item CPF is in list firebase
ex:

if(firebase.list != null) {
  if(firebase.list.item == item) {
    console.log('item already in list')
  } else {
    console.log('save success')
  }
} else {
  console.log('not exist list')
}