Recently, when asked to train a female firefighter I didn’t know much about, I found myself wincing. It’s not an abnormal reaction to wonder what kind of assignment you’re about to be handed.

(U.S. General Services Administration via Courthouse News) CHICAGO (CN) — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday weighed whether Wisconsin's capital city systematically discouraged women ...

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 ...

Over the last devastating week of wildfires, there are many things that we’ve learned that the Los Angeles Fire Department ...

She explains the funding isn’t designed for male or female firefighters. Instead, the chief expects the renovation to bring the station to modernity. “We... want our personnel to have a space, ...

They were the only female firefighters permanently stationed there ... and Draycott walked into their dorm on July 7, 2009, to find death threats written on the walls in black marker. "'Niggar lover' ...

Originally from Kingston, Ont., King worked for Apex Rafting after moving to Revelstoke and also balanced three years of volunteer firefighter service. Promoted last November to become Revelstoke's ...

METHUEN — The city and Methuen's first female firefighter have agreed to a $225,000 settlement, putting an end to many years of legal strife over accusations of gender discrimination in the ...

there are many things that we’ve learned that the Los Angeles Fire Department needs — and more women firefighters isn’t one of them. This isn’t to slight the contribution of female LAFD ...