UNION, NJ – After a trailblazing 25-year career in the fire service, Union’s first female firefighter, Andrea Spriggs, has officially retired. Spriggs began her firefighting journey in East Orange in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton Fire Department held its second annual Female Firefighter Field Day on Sunday. Through the ...

Sixteen‑year‑old Anahis Gomez becomes the Sloatsburg Fire Department’s first female firefighter in its 103‑year history.

LOS ANGELES -- History has been made when a local fire station was staffed by an all female crew. For the first time ever in the Pasadena, CA Fire Department, the entire engine crew rolling out of ...

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

A woman who was passed over for a job as a Ventura city firefighter is suing the city for gender discrimination, claiming that harassment, hazing and double standards prevented her from becoming the ...

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.

Carolyn Mitchell, Kansas City’s first Black female firefighter, has died at the age of 73. Kansas City Fire Department Carolyn Mitchell, Kansas City’s first Black female firefighter and “trailblazer ...