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Women in firefighting

Index Women in firefighting

Firefighting was formerly an all-male profession. [1]

76 relations: Alaska, Arlington County, Virginia, Auxiliary Fire Service, Ben Aigan, Berlin, Brenda Berkman, Bureau of Land Management, Butte Falls, Oregon, California, Chandigarh Fire and Emergency Services, Chief fire officer, Craigellachie, Moray, Dany Cotton, Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II, East Germany, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Elgin, Moray, Emergency medical technician, Firefighting, Girton College, Cambridge, Gordonstoun, Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, Hong Kong Fire Services Department, Illinois, Independent Review of the Fire Service, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Kings County, California, Laura Chick, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, Liverpool, London Fire Brigade, London, Ontario, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fire Department, Lossiemouth, Mary Joy Langdon, Mixed-sex education, Molly Williams, Montana, Mumbai Fire Brigade, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, National Fire Protection Association, National Fire Service, New Jersey, New York City, New York City Fire Department, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ottawa, Paramilitary, ..., Priya Ravichandran, Queen's Fire Service Medal, Royal Air Force, San Francisco, Scotland, Silver Spring, Maryland, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Supreme Court of Canada, Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Times of India, Tiburon, California, Tokyo Fire Department, United States, United States Forest Service, Vehari District, Volunteer fire department, Vulcan Society, Wales, Winston-Salem Fire Department, Women in the military, Woodbine, Texas, World War I, World War II, Wrocław. Expand index (26 more) »

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referred to simply as Arlington or Arlington, Virginia.

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Auxiliary Fire Service

The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of the Civil Defence Service.

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Ben Aigan

Ben Aigan is a hill in Moray rising to a height of 471m (1546 feet) to the east of the River Spey, which flows along the foot of its western and northern slopes.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Brenda Berkman

Brenda Berkman (born 1951) is a pioneering female firefighter.

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Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than of public lands in the United States which constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country.

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Butte Falls, Oregon

Butte Falls is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Chandigarh Fire and Emergency Services

The Chandigarh Fire and Emergency Services is the fire brigade wing of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.

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Chief fire officer

Chief fire officer (CFO), formerly often just chief officer, is the highest rank in British fire and rescue services.

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Craigellachie, Moray

Craigellachie (Gaelic: Creag Eileachaidh) is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich (whose valley or glen gives its name to the famous Scotch whisky Glenfiddich), in walking distance of the town of Aberlour.

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Dany Cotton

Dany Cotton, (born 11 June 1969) is a British firefighter.

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Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II

The demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II involved discharging almost 600,000 men and women from the military, supporting their transition to civilian life and reducing the three armed services to peacetime strengths.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

The East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of East Sussex and city of Brighton and Hove.

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Elgin, Moray

Elgin (Eilginn, Ailgin) is a town (former cathedral city) and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland.

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Emergency medical technician

Emergency medical technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.

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Firefighting

Firefighting is the act of attempting to prevent the spread of and extinguish significant unwanted fires in buildings, vehicles, woodlands, etc.

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Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

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Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland.

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Grampian Fire and Rescue Service

Grampian Fire and Rescue Service was the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Grampian, Scotland from 1975 until 2013.

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Hong Kong Fire Services Department

Hong Kong Fire Services Department (HKFSD,) of the Hong Kong Government is an emergency service responsible for fire-fighting and rescue on land and sea.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Independent Review of the Fire Service

The Independent Review of the Fire Service, sometimes referred to as the Bain Report or IRFS was a wide-ranging report carried out by Professor Sir George Bain, in 2002, at the request of the government, into the how Fire and Rescue Services were operated and managed; and about the working conditions of firefighters in the UK.

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Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the administrative county of Kent and the unitary authority area of Medway, covering a geographical area south of London, to the coast and including major shipping routes via the Thames and Medway rivers.

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Kings County, California

Kings County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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Laura Chick

Laura N. Chick (born 1944) is a longtime California political figure.

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Lillie Hitchcock Coit

Lillie Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 in West Point – July 22, 1929 in San Francisco) was a well-known patroness of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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London Fire Brigade

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Fire Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) provides fire fighting, fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, and fire prevention for the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Lossiemouth

Lossiemouth (Inbhir Losaidh) is a town in Moray, Scotland.

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Mary Joy Langdon

Sister Mary-Joy Langdon is a British firefighter who was born in 1951 in Battle, East Sussex.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Molly Williams

Molly Williams (fl. 1818) was the first known female firefighter in the United States.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Mumbai Fire Brigade

The Mumbai Fire Brigade is the fire brigade serving the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) also known as Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the planned city of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana.

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National Fire Protection Association

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a United States trade association, albeit with some international members, that creates and maintains private, copyrighted standards and codes for usage and adoption by local governments.

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National Fire Service

The National Fire Service (NFS) was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is a department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services to the five boroughs of New York City.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.

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Priya Ravichandran

Priya Ravichandran is the present divisional fire officer, Central Chennai City.

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Queen's Fire Service Medal

The Queen's Fire Service Medal is awarded to members of the fire services in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations for distinguished service or gallantry.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a city located inside the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service responsible for fire protection, prevention, intervention and emergency rescue in the county of Staffordshire and unitary area of Stoke-on-Trent.

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Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada (Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada, the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system.

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Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services

The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department is a service department of the Government of Tamil Nadu whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Tamil Nadu.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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The Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.

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Tiburon, California

Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California.

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Tokyo Fire Department

The is a fire department headquartered in Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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Vehari District

Vehari District (ضِلع وِہاڑی), (ضِلع وِہاڑى), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

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Volunteer fire department

A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.

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Vulcan Society

The Vulcan Society, founded in 1940, is a fraternal organization of black firefighters in New York City.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Winston-Salem Fire Department

The Winston-Salem Fire Department provides fire protection to the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Women in the military

Since 1914, the role of women in the military has been controversial, particularly their role in combat.

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Woodbine, Texas

Woodbine is a small community in Cooke County, Texas, a few miles south of U.S. Route 82 east of Gainesville, Texas.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; Vratislav; Vratislavia) is the largest city in western Poland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting

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