Three hundred twenty people entered the Fire Academy July 29 for the 18-week regimen designed to teach and train candidates to become New York City Firefighters. Nine of the recruits were women.
“In any other situation, you’d think, ‘Nine out of 320—why is that a big deal?” admitted Brooke, a member of the United Women Firefighters (UWF) and former recruiter who became the department’s first transgender firefighter two years ago. But for the women in the FDNY, “it’s really exciting,” she said.
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