Minneapolis Looks To Boost Female Firefighter Recruitment With Study

Written on 03/11/2025
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MINNEAPOLIS — In 1992, the Minneapolis Fire Department made history when it staffed the first all-female crew.

By 2002, women made up 15% of the department. But now that pace has slowed.

“It’s definitely very heavy,” Julie Bode, a Minneapolis firefighter said. “Just knowing that yeah, three decades ago was the first time there was an all-female crew and currently there’s not an all-female crew on the department.”

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