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• Jury returns split verdict in Ohio firefighter discrimination case

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  The jury awarded Pvt. Judi Imhoff $150,000 related to gender discrimination, but jurors denied claims of discrimination made by a retired captain

• Ohio city female FFs: 'We're not being harassed'

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  Toledo female firefighters are speaking out after several complaints and legal issues have surfaced over the years concerning gender and racial discrimination

• Pittsburgh hires expert to diversify fire service

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  The City Council introduced a resolution that would authorize the hiring of the National Testing Network for a study of fire bureau's hiring practices

• University of Notre Dame Fire Department brings on first female firefighters

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  Michelle Woolverton and Christi Shibata were sworn in recently as the department’s first ever full-time female firefighters since its inception 140 years ago

• Interim chief is first female to lead Mo. FD in its 150-year history

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  Donna Maize's appointment marks a major milestone for a department that at one time was known for blatant sexual harassment and abusive treatment

• USFS recruiting female firefighters for 2 NM national forests

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  The U.S. Forest Service is encouraging women to apply for wildland firefighting jobs in the Santa Fe and Carson national forests

• Md. county appoints first African-American, female fire chief

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  Chief Deputy Tiffany Green will be the interim replacement for retiring Chief Benjamin Barksdale

• Study aims to deliver better fitting gear to female firefighters

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  Data collected will help manufacturers design firefighting gear specifically for females

• Boise FD hires first female captain in 143-year history

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  Senior firefighter Ashley Rosenbaum will be named captain in a ceremony Wednesday at Station 17 on Cole Road

• Sacramento FD honors forward-thinking fire chief

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  William R. Powell created the organization’s first hazmat and swift-water rescue teams, bought three fire trucks with ladders reaching 150 feet and started hiring female firefighters

• Study: Female firefighters more at risk for PTSD, suicide

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  Out of the 2,639 firefighters surveyed, only 75 responses were from females and 20% scored positive for PTSD and 30% will consider suicide throughout her life

• FDNY promotes 30, including first Asian woman to become a fire officer

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  Thirty city firefighters became lieutenants Wednesday in a promotion ceremony presided over by Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro

• Female firefighters defy old ideas of who can be an American hero

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  Women still make up less than 1 percent of New York’s 11,000 firefighters. The city trails Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle and Miami

• 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

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