About us
On the occasion of the celebration of the Kassel fire departments 100-year jubilee on May 11th in 1991, a small group of female career fire-fighters met for the first time at a platform discussion and had a little opportunity to share experiences. As of that point, a loose network of female fire-fighters met annually. Due to a number of organizational reasons, we decided to found the non profit association “Network of Female Fire-fighters” in 2006. Our common goal is to promote a platform where interested fire services members can share their experiences. This, of course, includes men.
In the members only area, members of the association have access to contact details to our technical specialists in the fields of psychology, law, medicine, and sports. Furthermore, the minutes of board meetings can be found there.
Goals
Our goal is to promote a platform where interested members of the fire service can share their experiences. The network of female fire-fighters strives to especially achieve the following goals:
- supporting communication between women who work in the fire service
- •supporting and organizing a national meeting for female fire-fighters
- Supporting women in fire departments and fire service
- •providing resource information and supporting departments as they recruit and incorporate females in the fire service
- •Counseling and support for female fire-fighters, fire departments and women interested in fire-fighting and promoting and supporting the future generation of females in fire departments
- •Providing advice on basic and advanced training. Keeping female fire-fighters updated about current scientific and technical knowledge through contacts to specialty retailers, fire academies, departments and institutions
- •Working with and creating networks with other national or international associations which follow the same interests
- •Publicity work, keeping contacts to professional organizations and unions