New Cheifs Far and Local

Recently there have been a couple of advancements of women in fire stations around the country. This news story is very relevant as one of the promotions actually happened in my home state of Washington. These promotions show the progression that is vital to fire stations around the country and also gives hope to women around the country that risk their lives everyday on the job.
Bonnie Cremer and Ruth Obadal have recently been hired as fire chiefs of their fire departments. These promotions are a good thing that shows hard work can pay off. Bonnie Cremer was hired as a Fire Chief in Illinois. Ruth Obadal was recently hired as the Fire Chief for the Puyallup, Washington fire department. They both are very qualified for these positions. With these promotions women are able to prove their worth to the fire department and are finally getting the respect that they deserve.
This article portrays these women as very experienced firefighters that have been in the service for many years. The advancement of women in the fire department is a very important aspect to showing the diversity with this profession. New ideas and management roles are being brought to the table with these women heading up these given departments and will show other departments new strategies for running the departments.

I was not able to imbed the link to the story but the address is http://www.i-women.org/in_the_news.php?piece=54