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• Ariz. firefighter-paramedic awarded $3.8M for lack of private breast pumping room

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  According to her attorney not all stations complied with federal law regarding pumping rooms

• Historic selection for San Francisco's next fire chief

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  Jeanine Nicholson, only the second woman to hold the position, will also have the distinction of being the city’s first LGBT fire chief

• One of FDNY's first female firefighters dies

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  Catherine Lohan, one of the women who smashed the FDNY’s gender barrier nearly 40 years ago to become a New York City firefighter, died at 68

• Firefighters around the world show young girl she can be one too

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  After Hannah Summers said on Twitter that her daughter didn’t think girls could be firefighters, first responders replied with encouraging messages

• Ind. teen to become firefighter before high school graduation

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  Lake Station Fire Chief Chuck Fazekas said Taeylor Holliday, 18, is part of “a different breed,” willing to risk her life to save others

• Md. fire dept. hires first female chief in its history

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  Trisha Wolford, who was the first female assistant chief in Spokane, will be the first female chief of Anne Arundel County Fire Department

• Wash. fire dept. staffs first all-female paramedic unit in its history

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  Spokane County Fire District 8 firefighter-paramedics Meg Williams and Jennifer Raudebaugh said the milestone felt like just another day on the job

• Ill. judge reverses ruling on firefighter's discrimination lawsuit

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  A judge who recently granted default judgment in favor of a female Country Club Hills firefighter who sued the city will now let a jury determine liability

• Scathing review prompts Boston mayor to seek female fire cadet program

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  The review was ordered after several women in the department complained of a discriminatory culture toward female firefighters

• Md. county names first female fire chief in its history

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  Howard County Executive Calvin Ball named fire service veteran Christine Uhlhorn the new chief of the fire department and said she can offer a "fresh perspective"

• Conn. fire dept. hires first black female firefighter

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  Kafi Davis, who left her first career at the Department of Children and Families to train to become a firefighter, will go to EMT school next

• Colo. city officials OK funding for fire station gender-specific bathrooms

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  The city will spend $225,000 to make the fixes needed to give female firefighters their own facilities at the four stations in Pueblo

• Former fire dept. PIO claims deputy chief sexually harassed her in lawsuit

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  Ashley Blakely alleges that Deputy Chief John Patterson pursued her in "a very direct and inappropriate way"

• San Francisco fire chief announces retirement after 28-year career

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  San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, the first woman ever to lead the department and the longest-serving big-city fire chief in the country, is retiring

• First female firefighters in Texas dept. recall testing process

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  Katie Bean, Samantha McCulloch and Teresa Smith are the first three female firefighters to be a part of Midlothian Fire Department

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