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May 15, 2005

Women Firefighters in Latin America

 
I found this article on Desastres.org. Women in the fire service in Central and South America is not often pondered. Please read this article by Alex Quintanilla.

"Reading about women in the fire service not writing for "Desastres.org", I would like to comment about women I had the privilege to have worked with in my travels in Latin America. One of them whose name I can’t recall but I know my friends in Guatemala know who she is. It all started on my second trip to Guatemala to train the Bomberos Voluntarios de Guatemala along with Bomberos Municipales and Airport Firefighters. She acted as my driver......" More--->
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