The organization Women in the Fire Service started in 1982 with a focus on female firefighters and officers. Years later, during a Fire-Rescue International in Kansas City, five women fire chiefs took me to lunch to talk about promoting a new organization for female chiefs, one that would address leadership skills, networking and other concerns of women chiefs. That was the impetus for the Women Chief Fire Officers Association, which started in 1997.
Archive for January 18th, 2008
United They Stand
