A firefighting training program designed primarily for women hopes to diversify the industry and to attract more people to firefighting overall. Climate change is putting a growing number of people at ...

MINDEN, WV (WVNS) – The W.I.L.D. Institute held their First Women’s Firefighter Weekend. This weekend united female firefighters from the area, as they took specialized training in ladder throwing, ...

The Brighton Fire Department is looking to add more firefighters to its ranks and is hoping to encourage more women to join ...

She’s making history as the first female fire captain at the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department. Her assignment this year is ...

Over two dozen women, some as young as 18, now have a taste of what it’s like to work as an emergency responder. As part of Utah Valley University’s Fire Recruit Candidate Academy Program, or RCA, ...

Idaho National Laboratory’s first female fire chief took the helm today, protecting 890-square miles of critical nuclear and energy infrastructure in southeast Idaho.

Roughly 2 percent of the 280,000 firefighters across the country are women. In rural fire departments, the ratio is smaller. So, when a female firefighter reaches a ranking position, it is big news.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The North Little Rock Fire Department has officially appointed its first female Lieutenant/Paramedic. The department congratulated Lieutenant Melanie Platt on Monday: The ...