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Comment by Elizabeth on March 25, 2010 at 9:54pm

I hope that everyone is doing great that this year is looking better for all of us . I understand that some of you are having a hard time and i pray that everything will work out . Let God help you and you will make it through anything. Good luck and stay safe.

Comment by Elizabeth on March 25, 2010 at 9:52pm

Well Jessica it is very hard i had to go through the same thing you did and worked very very very hard to get them to respect me , but some people don't think that women should be in the dept.
What make s some not all men mad is that we take less of anything and that we don't work harder then most because we want to prove to them. When i got in they dept. they told me that i should not be there and that i would never make it boy did i show them .
I guess what i am saying is that never give up and keep doing what you have to do to show them and they will come around if not let them be you got in it for you and not for them. Good luck and remember you can do it .

Comment by Lani on March 23, 2010 at 2:28pm

Prove yourself is the only way you are going to earn the respect of the males around you. Prove that you know what you are doing in the station, on the fire ground, in training, in your classes...that is how you will start to earn the respect from your fellow firefighters.

Comment by Jessica Rivers on March 23, 2010 at 10:21am

I am just wondering since i am just starting out and gettin my certs how i can make the guys on my department listen to me and take me serious..i mean when we have meetings i have ideas to help out but everytime i say something it seems to go through one ear and out the other. the only thing they seem to want me to do is to make posters or get things organized about the place and its crazy!! Please Help!!

Comment by Matthew Voges on February 18, 2010 at 12:48am

Hi everyone I hope every thing is going good on the home front. let me know if you git any good ones and I will let you know how it is in Iraq form solders veiw.

Comment by Lisa Acton on November 10, 2009 at 4:15pm

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Comment by april lynn erb on October 28, 2009 at 7:19pm

Hello fellow women fighterfighter's it's great to know there are more and more women joining i am the third female of my department.and love every minute of it. My husband is a twenty-five year vetern of the same department,and my son is also a firefighter of the same department.my son and my last words to each other on a call is we love each other and we all come home.good luck to all of us who protect our people from harms way.

Comment by Kendra Eastwood on October 27, 2009 at 4:36pm

I'm excited to see more and more women joining the fire service. I was the second woman on my department in 1993. It was a rough time my first few months. But then I proved myself and the men new that I could hold my own and that i could do the job by working and proving it! Now we have 3 more women and they work as hard as I do and the men respect them too. Good luck to everyone and be safe. God Bless!

Comment by Peggy Willison on October 25, 2009 at 1:05pm

Hello everyone,
I love seeing other women in the fire service. I have been on my department since 2000 and love it. I am the only female and did have to prove myself to the guys at first. We all work together and I love my guys. Currently I am 2nd lt. and secretary. My husband has since joined and love fighting fires next to him.

Comment by Becky on October 24, 2009 at 8:54pm

I am one of 2 active female firefighters in my company just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. But I am rocking it just a well as the men. I am one of only 2 people at my station who is Firefighter 1 certified. (me and my 1st lt.) I already am a BVR tech, and will be an EMT in December. Not bad for joining in January. But most of the guys didn't think I'd be able to do this job as well as them because I'm a girl. But I've certainly shown them otherwise. To all of my sisters out there- keep doing what you are doing. Being a woman in the fire service isn't easy at all, but if you can do it, then more power to you! Be proud of yourselves. Stay safe everyone.

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