CEBU CITY, Philippines — It must have been fate.That was one way to describe how Fire Officer 1 (FO1) Novie Dagcuta found herself in the male-dominated business of putting out fires and
Fire Officer Novie Dagcuta of the Cebu City Fire Office together with her fellow firefighters prepares to battle a fire in Cebu City. | Contributed photoThat was one way to describe how Fire Officer 1 Novie Dagcuta found herself in the male-dominated business of putting out fires and saving lives.
Dagcuta said that was seven years ago in 2015, which was a year after she passed the Licensure Examinations for Teachers , and two years after she graduated from college. But then as the years working in the Bureau of Fire Protection passed by, she came to understand and love the job. “Dako na kaayo. Tapos kami tanan nagtagsa namig hose nga gidala. Pagabot sa sulod nahutdan pa mig tubig unya zero visibility,” the woman firefighter of the CCFO said.
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