Female firefighter camp aiming to bring more women into the field
FLORISSANT, Missouri ( KMOV ) -- The Florissant Valley Fire Protection District held the Fire Up St. Louis female firefighter camp this weekend. Fi...
FLORISSANT, Missouri ( KMOV ) -- The Florissant Valley Fire Protection District held the Fire Up St. Louis female firefighter camp this weekend. Firefighter and paramedic Kate Freshman said 30 women between the ages of 18 and 40 signed up. 'These women can take these experiences into their personal lives and use that as empowerment when they're going through a tough time,' Freshman says. 'No matter what they're doing, hopefully, this can show them that they can accomplish anything.' Freshman says participants learned to climb the ladder, cut open cars to rescue people, conduct a search and rescue in a home and cut into a roof.