All posts tagged "women and firefighting"

To Recruit More Women, This Fire Department Taps Former Power Lifter

Female Fire And Police Chiefs Are Breaking The ‘Brass Ceiling’ In Baltimore Suburbs

By Alison Knezevich The Baltimore Sun WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) As Alison Knezevich reports, “Across the Baltimore suburbs, women are rising to...

Female Firefighter Strives For Excellence

By Rose Lundy The Daily News, Longview, Wash. WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Firefighter Chelsey Miller says she sometimes encounters people who don’t...

Carolyn Head One Of The Few Female Wildland Firefighters

By Erika Wells The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Carolyn Head was a vet technician for six years but always...

Gender Gap: Local Fire Departments Struggle To Find Women Recruits

By Bayne Hughes The Decatur Daily, Ala. WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The U.S Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says only...

Camp Lets Teen Girls Relate To Firefighter, Paramedic Roles

By Emily Miels The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis. When it was reported four people involved in a boating accident Friday on Lake...