Women in the Fire Service, Inc.

x Site overview

 The latest news on women in the fire service
  The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, from the perspective of women rescuers
  Report from Ground Zero
  Into the Bowels of Hell
  Interview: An EMT at the World Trade Center
  With New York Regional Response Team 1 at Ground Zero
  Peer Support at Ground Zero
  Too Far Back for Comfort
  The Language of Inclusion
  Brenda Berkman speech to National Women's Law Center
  Responding to the Pentagon, 9/11
  How you can help improve women's visibility
  New book -- "Women at Ground Zero" -- published in July 2002
2003 Rose Parade float to feature boys as firefighters
First African-American woman fire chief, June 2002
Ontario, Canada, firefighter death, October 2002
North Carolina firefighter death, September 2002
U.S. Forest Service firefighter death, July 2002
Camp Blaze
U.S. Forest Service firefighter death, June 2002
North Carolina firefighter death, June 2002
Alabama firefighter death, April 2002
Montana wildland firefighter death, March 2002
Article and photos from the 9th International Conference of Fire Service Women (March 2001)
Taking the CPAT: One woman's experience
   CPAT input needed

 Creating a community of fire service women
  What is Women in the Fire Service?
   Board of Trustees
   Organizational history
   Mission statement
 WFS publications
  x Sample articles:
   "Taking Care of our Families"
   "I Hope We Can Become All This Town Has Lacked"
   "Why We Quit"
   "An Unmentionable Measure of Progress"
   "Fixing Fire Training"
   "Status Report 2001"
   "The Emmitsburg Experience"
   "Report on Equality in the U.K. Fire Service"
   "Report from Ground Zero: The World Trade Center Collapse"
   "Physical Fitness for Firefighters"
 Recent and upcoming WFS events
   2003 International conference, Denver
   2002 Leadership Training Seminar, San Diego
   2001 conference in Georgia
   1999 conference in Los Angeles
 What's available from WFS?
   Membership: how to join WFS and receive our publications
   Firefighter recruitment video
   Information packets on key issues
   Real Heat (book)
   WFS-logo shirts
     Bumper stickers
 Women Chief Fire Officers' organization
 Bulletin board
 Links of interest

 Workplace issues for fire service women
 Reproductive health & safety
 Sexual harassment
 Recruitment
 Hair and grooming policies
 Protective gear fit
 Fire station facilities
 Diversity management


 Information and statistics on women in firefighting
   Basic information and answers to FAQ's
 "Status Report 2001"
 History of women in firefighting
 History of African-American women firefighters
 "In Memoriam": line-of-duty deaths
 Other deaths of fire/rescue service women
 Bibliography
 Subject index to WFS publications

 Fire service jobs
   How to post your job opening on our website
 "I Think I'd Like to be a Firefighter"
 Choosing a fire department
 Becoming a wildland firefighter
 Seasonal jobs with the California Department of Forestry

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