Beaumont Enterprise
BEAUMONT, Texas — Of the 235 firefighters in Beaumont, only one is a woman.
The rest call her “chief.” Fire Chief Anne Huff is a 27-year veteran of theBeaumont Fire Department. In its 132-year history, the department has had seven women serve, Huff said. Melissa Cracknell could make eight.
The recent Lamar Institute of Technology fire academy graduate won the firefighting category of the State SkillsUSA competition in March when she went up against another graduate of the LIT fire academy, a man. She will compete in the national competition in Kansas City, Mo., at the end of June.
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