It’s a fire camp for females and it’s become a tradition, to show teens and young women the ropes of what professional firefighters do.
SHERWOOD, Ore. — Nearly 50 teenaged and young women took part in a three-day camp at the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue training center in Sherwood for the Portland Metro Fire Camp.
Gathered around an old, wrecked car, a group of camp cadets aged 16 to 22 learned the finer points of cutting and dismantling, including operating the “jaws of life” tool emergency crews use to get injured people out of vehicles.
The cadets and firefighter instructors are all female,
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