While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge her two interests in natural resource management and climate science. So ...

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 ...

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 ...

Signing up for the San Jose Fire Department Women's Boot Camp was one of the hottest tickets in town, filling up shortly ...

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 ...

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, ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Dozens of young women are spending their weekend in Tahlequah learning what it takes to become a firefighter through Camp Fierce, a program designed to inspire the next generation ...

BRIGHTON, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton Fire Department is holding its third annual Female Firefighter Field Day, and News 8’s Oran Spitzer got to preview some of the skills participants will learn. The ...