Meredith Hackler joined WRTV as a Multi-Media Journalist and Reporter in February of 2022.
GREENFIELD — The Buck Creek Township Fire Department has five full-time female firefighters. That’s the most the department of 33 has ever seen. The ladies who are serving that community say they have seen the shift take place over the last five years.'When I initially started, especially as a full-time career firefighter, there were only four women in the entire county,” Lt. Sarah Burgin a Firefighter and Paramedic with Buck Creek Township said.
She says working with other women is inspiring.'We do the same job, we do the same things,” Clark, a Firefighter and Paramedic at Buck Creek Township Fire Department said. “So, it's cool to see that change, that transition into watching women become more empowered in this field. Not necessarily in this field but in public safety as a whole. 'According to the National Fire Protection Agency’s latest data, there were 17,200 career female firefighters in 2020.
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