By Kim Morgan in The Houston Chronicle
Amy Hickman couldn’t see a thing, but she had to work her way headfirst through holes, up and over obstacles, in and out of tight spaces, all while wearing 35 pounds of gear, plus a 30-pound air tank, not to mention a blackout mask.
“I wanted a challenge and I [...]
By Andrea Lucia at KHOU News, Houston
A six story building is on fire, and firefighters are plunging into the thick smoke to search for survivors. At least, that’s what it looks like.
This is a drill, and the firefighters are all high school students. More importantly, though, they’re all girls.
“Knowing there aren’t a lot of [...]
By Gene Apodaca at KTRK News, Houston
Houston’s mayor is sounding off about the investigation of racist and sexist graffiti found in a Houston fire station. She’s concerned the steps that were taken may have hurt the chances of finding the person behind it.
The mayor says decisions that were made early on in this investigation may [...]
From The Sweetwater Reporter
Members of the Lake Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department have a new fire truck. The truck designed and built by Steele Manufacturing of Haskell, Texas is a state of the art fire truck, whose primary use will be to battle range fire.
Grass fires are the most prevalent in the department’s primary area of [...]
By Terri Langford in The Houston Chronicle
Houston firefighters at Station 54 have been called downtown today to be interviewed by a private law firm about why they don’t want a female firefighter to return to the firehouse after a racist and sexist graffiti incident that occurred last summer. City attorney Arturo Michel said the city [...]
By Selwyn Crawford in The Dallas Morning News
When Eddie Burns won the job as Dallas’ first black fire chief, one of the people coaching him through the application process was a woman who had never worked as a firefighter. So when Burns came aboard in April 2006 to lead Dallas Fire-Rescue, he brought Leanne Siri [...]
By Terri Langford in The Houston Chronicle
Where are the women in HFD?
Most of the 103 female firefighters are assigned to station houses.
66: Fire stations
7: Arson
7: Office of Emergency Communications
6: EMS headquarters
4: Human Resources
4: Fire Prevention
3: Fire Academy
2: Homeland Security and Planning
1 each: Assistant chief, Emergency Operations, Public Affairs, Staff Services
Source: Houston Fire Department, December 2009
Racist [...]
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