Women in firefighting
Firefighting was formerly an all-male profession. While it is dominated by men in both professional and volunteer contexts today, there are women who fight fire alongside their male counterparts.
A female fire brigade was formed in 1912 with an initial recruitment of 60 women. In more recent times, women were admitted to volunteer fire brigades in 1978, and as professionals in 1993.
The Paraná Fire Department, created in 1912, was nearing 100 years when the first woman dressed uniforms. It was a decade ago, when a state law allowed the corporation to include the bombeiras. In first class, they got 23 "firefighters female." In ten years, they reach 119, between officers and soldiers. It was time to gain respect within the corporation. But the way to an egalitarian Fire Department has not finished being trodden, and involves greater inclusion in both the base and the top of the hierarchy.
Volunteer female firefighters worked in Berlin and Breslau, during World War I, but ceased at the end of the war. Women were again recruited during World War II, especially as drivers, continuing until 1955, when they had all been replaced by men. In the GDR, women were extensively used in support roles, but not as front-line firefighters. Women really began to take on all roles in the 1980s. Female professional firefighters now number about 550 (1.3%), and there are 80,000 volunteers (7%).
Norway got the first documented female firefighters during the 1980s. In 2011, 3.7% of the Norwegian firefighters were women.
Balingasag has the only lady fire truck driver in Northern Mindanao/Born in Balingasag, FO1 Tan is a licensed nurse and worked for three (3) years at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital (MOPH) in Balingasag but her life-long dream to become a firefighter eventually prompted her to change career and decided to apply with the Bureau of Fire and Protection last year. Now she’s living her dream as a firefighter and a fire truck driver at that.
The Hong Kong Fire service started recruiting women for control and ambulance staff in the 1980s, but the first firewoman was hired in 1994. As of 2003, there were 111 uniformed females, but only 8 were operational firefighters.
Shazia Perveen (Born 1990), who hails from Vehari District in Punjab, joined the Rescue 1122 emergency services as a firefighter in 2010, fighting fire with conflagrations in a field feared even by most men. Shazia’s determination is acknowledged by her male counterparts.
In 2003, the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services appointed 1975-born Priya Ravichandran as a Divisional fire officer, making her one of the first female fire officers in the country, and the first one to win Anna Medal for Bravery in Tamil Nadu In 2013, the department inducted its second batch of women firefighters.
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