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.

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 ...

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

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 ...