Fire Service Organizations
IAFF - International Association of FirefightersInternational Association of Black Professional FirefightersInternational Association of Fire ChiefsNational Wildfire Suppression Association National Association of Hispanic Firefighters
National Volunteer Fire CouncilLocal networks of fire service women
Fire Service Women of IllinoisThe website of the Fire Service Women of Illinois. They hold twice-yearly training weekends for women firefighters. This site also contains a portion of Illinois legislation dealing with pregnancy leave.
The website of the Fire Service Women of New Jersey, a statewide network of fire service women. They hold an annual retreat and other events.
The website for the New York State women firefighters' organization, and their Phoenix Firecamp.
The website of the Fire Service Women of Pennsylvania. You must become a Yahoo member in order to view the site.
An association of fire service women in Minnesota.
Links to other sites of interest
www.firehouse.com/links/WomenA page of links of interest to fire service women, on the Firehouse.com website
Called "Women in the Fire Service Network", this site has no connection to iWomen, despite having incorporated the organization's name into their title.
The website of the British women firefighters' organization, Networking Women in the Fire Service
BLAZE, a special project of iWomen, is an enthusiastic and talented group of women firefighters putting on weeklong "fire camps" -- intensive orientations to firefighting -- for young women, ages 16-19.
The website of the Dutch women firefighters' organization. More than 850 women in the Netherlands are firefighters. Their most recent national conference was held in November of 2004. Note: this site is in Dutch only.
Equal Rights Advocates, a San Francisco-based "women's law center litigating, educating and organizing for your rights"
The Feminist Majority Foundation's site has information on a wide range of women's issues, from breast cancer to women & girls in sports. The National Center for Women in Policing is part of this organization. Their site also offers state-by-state listings of agencies that may be helpful to women who have been sexually harassed on the job.
"Working to extinguish firefighter cancer."
Juliet Draper's "Firefighter Fitness" e-zine
The Firefighters' Bookstore
Captain Martha Ellis and Captain Jeff Ellis, both Firefighter Combat Challenge Champions, are the driving forces behind this site which provides fitness information, useful links, etc.
The website of the German career women firefighters, in connection with the German firefighters' union. The organization holds an annual meeting the first weekend of November. Note: This site is in German only.
Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
The National Organization for Women
The website of New Zealand Fire Service Women
RealWorld Training & Consulting, owned by retired fire lieutenant Linda Willing, offers "practical support for fire and emergency services managers." RealWorld specializes in training on diversity issues, mediation, and conflict resolution. The site features an excellent newsletter discussing current issues in these areas.
The website of the Wildland Firefighters Foundation
Brief information about women firefighters in Trinidad & Tobago.
Women's Research & Education Institute. This D.C.-based organization for several years had an ongoing project on women in the military, and held a biennial conference on women in uniform.
