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 after the Saturday event opened. Capt. Corey Condren launched the program in ...

Sixteen‑year‑old Anahis Gomez becomes the Sloatsburg Fire Department’s first female firefighter in its 103‑year history.

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 ...

A firefighter in Montclair is making history in the township’s fire department. Natasha Richardson has become the first woman ...

LOS ANGELES -- History has been made when a local fire station was staffed by an all female crew. For the first time ever in the Pasadena, CA Fire Department, the entire engine crew rolling out of ...

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, ...

Roughly 2 percent of the 280,000 firefighters across the country are women. In rural fire departments, the ratio is smaller. So, when a female firefighter reaches a ranking position, it is big news.

Ever wondered if you could be a firefighter? This weekend, Women Explore Fire Day is giving women across Minnesota the chance to find out, with events in Bemidji, Cambridge and Owatonna. Crosslake ...