Women In Firefighting 1
Women In Firefighting 1 : History and Current Situation In Different Countries: Historically, firefighting has been dominated by men in both professional and volunteer contexts. Today, there are numerous women who actively fight fire alongside their male counterparts. (1) Austria: A female fire brigade was formed in 1912 with an initial recruitment of 60 women. In more recent times, women were admitted to volunteer fire brigades in 1978, and as professionals in 1993. (2) Germany: Female professional firefighters number about 559 (1. 4% of the total), and there are 80,000 volunteer firefighters (7. 5%). (3) Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Fire service started recruiting women for control and ambulance staff in the 1980s, but the first firewoman was hired in 1994. As of 2003, there were 111 uniformed females, but only 8 were operational firefighters. (4) Japan: As of 2003 the Tokyo Fire Department had 666 female firefighters, 3. 8% of the total. In 2009, as part of a recruitment drive it was stated that there were 17,000 female fire service staff, though it is not clear how many of these were operational, rather than providing support roles. (5) Netherlands: Women firefighters go back at least till 1939 and accounted for 3. 3% of professional firefighters in the Netherlands in 2000
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