Teen Girls Learn Firefighting
July 30,2013
Most summer camps for teens revolve around sports, or music and arts, or just for having fun. But some girls in the Washington suburb of Arlington County, Virginia, went to camp to get a taste of what it's like to be a firefighter.
This is not a typical summer camp. But Michelle Pawlaw is glad she signed up for it.
“Getting to experience the fires hands-on is really cool and something that most people don’t get to do," she said.
Michelle and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three-day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside of Washington.
Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program.
“The purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career," she said.
The free of charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do in the line of duty to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim.
“I didn’t think I could pull that 170-pound body [77 kg] with a friend, but I was actually able to do it," she said.
They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.
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