A new city report on the “male-dominated” work environment at the Boston Fire Department officially acknowledges the problem, in a force of 1,500 that has only a handful of women (a shockingly ...

Both women filed official complaints. The department said it investigated ... group of the BFD.’’ Fire Captain Darrell Higginbottom, president of the Boston Society of Vulcans, which advocates ...

Women still form a small percentage of career firefighters in the U.S. They face unique challenges. In Boston, the fire department is trying to address that. Women make up a small percentage of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Women are chronically underrepresented in the Boston Fire Department and at times subject to a work environment that includes "male banter" and "locker room talk," according to a ...

The Boston Fire Department continues to struggle to diversify ... Only three of the academy’s participants are women, meaning that 93 percent of the recruits are men. In contrast, 44 percent ...

Many of the 16 women who work at the Boston Fire Department said officials did not properly handle allegations of misconduct, and did not adequately address an environment where they felt ...

More than a dozen people were forced out into the street after a fire broke out in their Boston apartment building. One woman was rushed to the hospital from the scene after a neighbor carried her ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston Fire Department on Saturday will ... Retired firefighter Irene Foley wet on to become the department’s first woman to be promoted to lieutenant and then captain.

A Boston subway ... Somerville Fire Chief Charles Breen told the Boston Globe. “Our marine boat happened to be in the river for training and was on scene immediately. “The woman refused ...