Women in fire: Blazing through barriers | US Forest Service
WEBMar 18, 2024 · Crewmembers of the Southern Region Women in Wildfire crew conduct firing operations on a prescribed fire on the Conecuh National Forest in Alabama. The purpose is to restore wildlife habitat and historic native tree canopy, all while reducing hazardous fuels in the forest.
The future of fire is female | US Forest Service
WEBPlacing new recruits in wildland fire jobs across the country is critical to addressing the nation’s wildfire crisis. And with the U.S. Forest Service employing more than 11,000 firefighters each year, the need is never-ending.
Female Fire Lookouts Have Been Saving the ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBMar 29, 2021 · Just three years after the Forest Service created the job, Hallie Morse Daggett became the first female to serve as a Forest Service fire lookout, at Eddy Gulch in northern California’s...
Clearing the path for more female firefighters - Marketplace
WEBJun 26, 2024 · Female fire crew in Colorado clears a path for women in wildland firefighting. Caroline Llanes Jun 26, 2024. Heard on: The crew hikes to their job site on a trail they cut themselves during...
Trailblazers: The Women of Wildland Firefighting - Frontline
WEBAccording to the most recent NFPA statistics, women represent 7.3 percent of all U.S. firefighters. And about 12 percent of the permanent wildfire suppression jobs at the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service are occupied by females.
The women fighting fire -- and gender inequality -- in the …
WEBAug 13, 2020 · Gross is one of a growing number of women wildland firefighters. Now more than 10,000 strong, they gather each summer, mostly in the western states, to defend national forests and public lands....
Forest Service, partners, create more opportunities for women in fire
WEBMar 23, 2023 · The Forest Service’s fire workforce in early 2022 was 87% male and 13% female. This program provides participants with direct experience with the Forest Service. The goal is to encourage more women to join the next generation of fire management leaders and practitioners.
Women in firefighting - Wikipedia
WEBOver 100 years after the first paid male firefighter, Sandra Forcier became the first known paid female firefighter (excluding forest firefighting) in the United States, and began working in North Carolina in 1973 for Winston-Salem Fire Department.
Drawn to Flame: Women Forged by Wildfire - National Forest …
WEBWomen have been trained to fight forest fires since the turn of the 20th century, during times when males were stretched thin during U.S. military engagements or when a large number of ongoing fires outpaced male-only crews’ capacities.
Meet the all-female firefighting crew tackling California wildfires
WEBThe California Conservation Corps has introduced its first-ever all-female firefighting crew.The band of 14 young women have stepped up to the daunting chall...
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