A new DVD created by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service hopes to encourage young girls into becoming firefighters.
The DVD comes after a recent study has shown that just 10% of all national firefighter applications come from women.
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service co-ordinated the project in conjunction with a group of Staffordshire teenagers and media company Born Communications.
Joanne Hammersley, equality and diversity officer at the fire service, said: “A group of girls aged 14-16 from Staffordshire were tasked to produce a film that provided facts about the life of real women firefighters to hopefully encourage more females to take up the roles.”
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched a new Girls Can Be Firefighters website where people can watch the film and get lots more information regarding women in the service.
Schools and colleges can request a copy of the DVD by contacting the service directly on 08451 22 11 55.
2 comments
Tom Spruce
There is another link to the video if the one on that website doesn’t work- http://www.youthbox.info hope this helps 🙂
Tom
Amazinamy_94
I can’t find the video on the website :/ x