Teresa Janovitz doesn't want to be known as a female firefighter. "I'm not proud because I'm a female firefighter. I'm proud that I'm a firefighter," said the 36-year-old mother of two.

In 2006, Kareena Lynde was working in Shasta Lake, Calif. on a hotshot crew—a group of highly trained wildland firefighters—when she started to notice a sharp pain in her abdomen. At first she ...

Behind her stood other female firefighters, paramedics and technicians, and male supporters from around the county. Reakoff said they came out because they were “disheartened how the department ...

The Nassau County, NY, Fire Service Academy hosted its first Youth Women in the Fire Service Seminar and Training program. Held at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage, NY, the ...

Female firefighters from different stations around Ohio took on the heat during specialized agility and fire training. Tom Hanks ‘storms out’ of SNL 50th anniversary concert Andy Reid to ...

When it comes to the physical part of the test to become a firefighter, Reasoner said recently that women are about 50% less likely than men to pass. “It broke my heart a little bit to see these ...

Firefighter Lanie Osborne made the commute from Grand Junction to Boulder County to spend Saturday honing skills and creating connections with other women in the industry. Despite the four-hour ...

When Battalion Chief Ashley Brackett began her firefighting career 10 years ago, none of the men at Travis County Emergency Services District No. 12 had ever worked with a woman. After she joined ...

In Central Texas, there are still just a handful of female firefighters, many of whom never work a shift with another woman. Despite the low numbers, they say the women who came before them ...

More women are becoming firefighters, but the Brighton Fire Department wants to pick up the pace by letting women experience what may seem like the most daunting firefighting tasks. Brighton ...