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• Preserving firefighter culture, fire service camaraderie

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  Embrace firefighter camaraderie, diversity and history while moving forward to embrace the future with passion

• First black multi-generational FDNY families celebrate legacy

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  The Hargett family is one of only two black FDNY families where three generations - grandfather, father and son - have served in the department

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  Take a pledge to stop cancer at the door

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  PPE provider LION invites firefighters to take the ‘Not In Our House’ pledge to reduce their exposure to harmful fireground toxins

• Watch: Female firefighters share challenges, value of inclusive culture

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  The video features women who attended WTREX, a training exchange that helps advance participants’ qualifications for wildland fire operations

• Officials accuse FDNY of 'systemic racism'

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  City council members said they doubt the FDNY's commitment to adding diversity to its ranks after it refused to hire Andre Laurant

• NY approves gender-neutral titles for fire, police jobs

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  The State Assembly approved a bill that would replace "fireman" and "policeman" with "firefighter" and "police officer"

• Firefighter who sued FDNY to join elite unit dies

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  Lt. Edward Alston, 79, died of prostate cancer; he became the first African-American firefighter to serve with the Marine Unit

• Female firefighter: 'We're assumed incompetent'

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  Researchers studied the experiences of 30 female firefighters, and a majority of the women said they faced a double standard

• Breaking through cultural barriers: Serve with professionalism

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  America's diverse population can make things complicated for the fire service, but addressing the issue prevents it from being a problem

• Fla. county commissioner demands more fire dept. diversity

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  Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May prompted discussion on how to increase fire department diversity after raising concerns

• Recruiting female firefighters: Closing the gender gap

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  Confronting gender stereotypes to encourage women to see the fire service as a career option

• Los Angeles struggles to expand number of female firefighters

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  The sluggish rate of progress threatens Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas' push to double the number of women firefighters by 2020

• Girls firefighter camp expanded a week after being canceled over discrimination

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  “This is an important camp that ... exposes many of them to a career opportunity they may not have considered," Mayor Kevin Faulconer said

• Bill drops use of 'fireman' in Md. county code

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  The bill, which was recently passed by county council, replaced all references of "fireman" to "firefighter" in the code

• Girls' fire camps: Discrimination, or key to increasing female firefighters?

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  Fire camps teach teenage girls the fire service is a valid career option and can bolster a diverse workforce

• W.Va.’s first female volunteer fire chief dies

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  Terry Sue Allen was a member of the Anmoore Fire Department for over 40 years

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