Deputy Chief Kristine Larson -- who heads the Equity and Human Resources Bureau -- was addressing accusations that female ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Chante Coad became the first black female firefighter in the Columbia Richlands Fire Department in 1990. 25 years later after battling blazing fires she’s the first person ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) has expanded protections for female federal firefighters by adding breast, uterine, ovarian and basal cell ...

Deputy Chief Kristine Larson — who heads the Equity and Human Resources Bureau — addressed accusations that female firefighters aren’t strong enough carry a man out of a burning building.