Environment. Reporter if she thought she was going to spend the weekend in a classroom, she got a surprise when she found herself dressed in full turnouts climbing a 30foot ladder. I got to a point where i started to panic and i was going to stop. But i kind of just like told myself that i could do it. And i came here for a reason. So. Yeah. Reporter she is one of three dozen young women invited to first in fire camp sponsored by the Berkeley Fire Department. Purpose was to recruit more women to the fire service but the first challenge is convincing them that they can do it. A lot of the firefighters we have here, their dad or uncle or brother did it too. A lot of times if you dont physically see it as woman or anybody, you may not know thats something you can do. Thats what were trying to explore here. Look, this is doable. Like this some of the skills we do and this is how you can practice and get better and just the introduction. Fast. Reporter that introduction included handson int
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