2022年8月12日 · Gayanne Pacholzuk, the first female firefighter hired by the City of Kelowna, is interested in running for a seat on council. Pacholzuk was the department's fire prevention officer before retiring in 2020.

2025年1月4日 · Revelstoke Fire Rescue is promoting girl power as the department announced a "historic milestone" on Jan. 2 with its first female career firefighter.

2018年4月18日 · Two Kelowna-area teenage girls are confident they can join the slender but growing ranks of female firefighters in Canada. Chloe Hauca and Carlie Dudych both believe they have the determination and drive to join what has historically been a workplace populated almost exclusively by men.

2025年1月14日 · Promoted last November to become Revelstoke's first career female firefighter in its history since 1892, she officially started the job on New Year's Eve. While volunteer firefighters have more leeway when they come to the station and respond to calls, career firefighters must work 24-hour shifts without going home.

2025年1月4日 · Winnipeg firefighters, paramedics off the job for 17,600 hours over 10 months due to psychological injuries – CBC.ca

2018年4月18日 · The first woman to take on a full time firefighting role in Kelowna starts Monday. Firefighting is currently a male-dominated industry. A report in 2015 indicated that less than four per cent of Canada’s firefighters are women. At Kelowna’s firehalls the number is even lower.

2018年4月18日 · Kelowna’s fire department has hired its first full-time female structural firefighter. Firefighting is currently a male-dominated industry. Only about 30 of 500 candidates that apply for full-time firefighter roles are women, said Rick Euper, fire line safety fire inspector.

The Kelowna Fire Department has broken the gender barrier. The first full-time female structural firefighter ever hired in the city starts training.

Carlie Dudych is training to become a firefighter and knows it's hard work, but is happy to hear Kelowna has hired on it's first woman structural firefighter to the department.

2018年4月18日 · Kelowna will approach the national average in terms of female firefighters when a new female recruit starts work on Monday.