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Fire Service Organizations IAFF - International Association of Firefighters International Association of Black Professional Firefighters International Association of Fire Chiefs National Wildfire Suppression Association National Association of Hispanic Firefighters National Volunteer Fire Council Networks of fire service women Fire Service Women of Illinois The 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. Fire Service Women of New Jersey 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. Fire Service Women of New York State The website for the New York State women firefighters' organization, and their Phoenix Firecamp. Fire Service Women of Pennsylvania The website of the Fire Service Women of Pennsylvania. You must become a Yahoo member in order to view the site. North Star Women Firefighters' Association An association of fire service women in Minnesota. British Women Firefighters The website of the British women firefighters' organization, Networking Women in the Fire Service Dutch Women Firefighters 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. New Zealand Fire Service Women The website of New Zealand Fire Service Women Women Firefighters of Trinidad & Tobago Brief information about women firefighters in Trinidad & Tobago. Links to other sites of interest Firefighter's ABC's Assisting Fire Departments in the realization of their diversity recruitment goals. www.firehouse.com/links/Women A page of links of interest to fire service women, on the Firehouse.com website www.geocities.com/Wellesley/4699 Called "Women in the Fire Service Network", this site has no connection to iWomen, despite having incorporated the organization's name into their title. Camp Blaze 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. Equal Rights Advocates Equal Rights Advocates, a San Francisco-based "women's law center litigating, educating and organizing for your rights" Feminist Majority Foundation 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. Firefighter Cancer Foundation Working to extinguish firefighter cancer. Firefighter Fitness Juliet Draper's "Firefighter Fitness" e-zine Firefighter Ministries Firefighter Ministries Firefighters' Bookstore The Firefighters' Bookstore Fit 2 Serve 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. German Career Women Firefighters 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 Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women Real World Training and Consulting 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. Wildland Firefighters Foundation The website of the Wildland Firefighters Foundation Women's Research and Education Institute 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.