Issues

Recruiting Women for Firefighting Jobs

A Radical Take on Recruitment

Recruiting Women as Structural Firefighters, Part I: Before the Recruitment Drive Begins

Recruiting Women as Structural Firefighters, Part II: Looking at the Big Picture

Recruiting Women as Structural Firefighters, Part III: The Recruitment Drive

Recruiting Women as Structural Firefighters, Part IV: Test Preparation Sessions

Workplace Issues for Women Firefighters

Fire station facilities for the workforce of the future

Hair and grooming standards for firefighters

Reproductive Health and Safety Issues for Firefighters

Sample language from fire department hair-length and grooming policies

Sexual Harassment in the Fire Service

Sexual Harassment Survey: Women Firefighters' Experiences

Supporting a diverse fire service

Women Firefighters & Protective Gear: Data from 1995 WFS Survey

Your Input Needed on the CPAT

Also see our online collection of articles from our print newsletter.

The U.S. Fire Administration in November of 1999 published two handbooks written by Women in the Fire Service, covering issues such as those above.

  • Many Faces, One Purpose: A Manager's Handbook on Women in Firefighting, and
  • Many Women Strong: A Handbook for Women Firefighters

These booklets update and replace the 1992 document, The Changing Face of the Fire Service. Both may be accessed free of charge from our site, and we encourage you to do so.

 

NETWORKING THE WOMEN OF TODAY'S FIREFIGHTING WORLD, AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO HELP BUILD THE FIRE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE

 

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