Wow! Great story about the new crop of women firefighters. I say "new" because I was sworn into FDNY as a firefighter way back in 1982 and retired as a Fire Marshal in 2000. From reading their stories I know these women will go on to inspire young girls to want to become firefighters because of their examples and I thank them for their service. However, I just want to mention the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer (CDC/NIOSH) encourages ALL firefighters, but especially women, volunteer and minority firefighters to register and fill out the voluntary, confidential survey. An additional incentive to answering the survey questions is that firefighters will learn ways in which to protect themselves from exposures to carcinogens not only while on the fire ground, but more importantly, while back in their respective firehouses/stations. Here are two links: NFR.CDC.GOV CDC.GOV/NFR