East Liverpool Fire Department’s first female firefighter/paramedic Brittany Hill and newly promoted Assistant Fire Chief Aaron Jones take a moment after their swearing in to get a photo with Fire ...

Female firefighters are facing a major issue with ill-fitting gear. Steps must be taken to ensure they receive the same level of protection as their male counterparts. In 1818, Molly Williams of ...

Thick black smoke clawed at the sky over the industrial zone in the country's largest city as firefighter Syeda Masooma Zaidi raced toward the raging blaze in Karachi.

They call her Boss Lady. Her real name is Captain Jodi Slicker. And on January 7, she was at the helm of a fire department tasked with extinguishing a raging blaze that decimated nearly 10,000 homes ...

The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act recently expanded presumptive coverage for firefighters to include female-specific cancers, yet these laws only apply to federal employees. From the total ...

It took nearly three years to win presumptive workers’ compensation coverage for breast, cervical, and other cancers that firefighters who work for federal agencies may develop because of hazardous ...

Approximately 80% of female firefighters in the United States report concerns over ill-fitting personal protective clothing (PPC), expressing issues such as turnout suit pants being too long, coats ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In 1992, the Minneapolis Fire Department made history when it staffed the first all-female crew. By 2002, women made up 15% of the department. But now that pace has slowed. “It’s ...