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  • TO A REMARKABLE FIRE HOUSE IN GEORGIA. HERE IS BLAYNE

  • HOUSE IN GEORGIA. HERE IS BLAYNE ALEXANDER WITH THOSE

  • HERE IS BLAYNE ALEXANDER WITH THOSE WHO SERVE.

  • ALEXANDER WITH THOSE WHO SERVE. >> Reporter: AT FIRE

  • WHO SERVE. >> Reporter: AT FIRE HOUSE ONE IN DECATUR,

  • >> Reporter: AT FIRE HOUSE ONE IN DECATUR, GEORGIA, YOU MAY

  • HOUSE ONE IN DECATUR, GEORGIA, YOU MAY NOTICE SOMETHING

  • GEORGIA, YOU MAY NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

  • NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IN A FIELD DOMINATED

  • DIFFERENT. IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY MEN, TONY

  • IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY MEN, TONY WASHINGTON, VERA

  • BY MEN, TONY WASHINGTON, VERA MORRISON AND ANNETTE

  • WASHINGTON, VERA MORRISON AND ANNETTE LEAD THE ONLY FIRE

  • MORRISON AND ANNETTE LEAD THE ONLY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE

  • LEAD THE ONLY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE TOP

  • DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE TOP THREE POSITIONS ARE

  • COUNTRY WHERE THE TOP THREE POSITIONS ARE HELD BY WOMEN.

  • THREE POSITIONS ARE HELD BY WOMEN. >> I OFTEN GET

  • HELD BY WOMEN. >> I OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU

  • >> I OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THREE WOMEN

  • QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THREE WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER.

  • KNOW, THREE WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER. >> Reporter: FOR

  • WORKING TOGETHER. >> Reporter: FOR YEARS, THEY WORKED

  • >> Reporter: FOR YEARS, THEY WORKED SEPARATELY, EACH THE

  • YEARS, THEY WORKED SEPARATELY, EACH THE ONLY WOMAN IN THEIR

  • SEPARATELY, EACH THE ONLY WOMAN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIRE HOUSE.

  • ONLY WOMAN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIRE HOUSE. ON THE LINE, NIGHT

  • RESPECTIVE FIRE HOUSE. ON THE LINE, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT A TALL

  • ON THE LINE, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT A TALL ORDER WHEN EVEN YOUR

  • AFTER NIGHT A TALL ORDER WHEN EVEN YOUR CLOTHES ARE WORKING

  • ORDER WHEN EVEN YOUR CLOTHES ARE WORKING AGAINST YOU.

  • CLOTHES ARE WORKING AGAINST YOU. >> I WAS OFTEN IN HAND

  • AGAINST YOU. >> I WAS OFTEN IN HAND ME DOWN CLOTHES OR

  • >> I WAS OFTEN IN HAND ME DOWN CLOTHES OR HAND ME DOWN GEAR THAT

  • ME DOWN CLOTHES OR HAND ME DOWN GEAR THAT WAS LIKE FOR A 5'10"

  • HAND ME DOWN GEAR THAT WAS LIKE FOR A 5'10" MALE.

  • WAS LIKE FOR A 5'10" MALE. >> RIGHT.

  • MALE. >> RIGHT. >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE

  • >> RIGHT. >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE DOING THIS IN GEAR

  • >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE DOING THIS IN GEAR MADE FOR MEN?

  • DOING THIS IN GEAR MADE FOR MEN? >> YES.

  • MADE FOR MEN? >> YES. >> THAT GEAR ADDS

  • >> YES. >> THAT GEAR ADDS ABOUT 45 TO 55 POUNDS

  • >> THAT GEAR ADDS ABOUT 45 TO 55 POUNDS TO YOUR BODY WEIGHT.

  • ABOUT 45 TO 55 POUNDS TO YOUR BODY WEIGHT. >> Reporter: EVEN

  • TO YOUR BODY WEIGHT. >> Reporter: EVEN HEAVIER, THE WEIGHT OF

  • >> Reporter: EVEN HEAVIER, THE WEIGHT OF BEING FIRST.

  • HEAVIER, THE WEIGHT OF BEING FIRST. >> WE REPRESENT EVERY

  • BEING FIRST. >> WE REPRESENT EVERY FEMALE FIREFIGHTER

  • >> WE REPRESENT EVERY FEMALE FIREFIGHTER THAT'S OUT THERE.

  • FEMALE FIREFIGHTER THAT'S OUT THERE. >> Reporter: AND

  • THAT'S OUT THERE. >> Reporter: AND THEIRS IS NOT YOUR

  • >> Reporter: AND THEIRS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL FIRE STATION

  • THEIRS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL FIRE STATION WITH A RELAXATION POD,

  • TYPICAL FIRE STATION WITH A RELAXATION POD, YOGA CLASSES AND

  • WITH A RELAXATION POD, YOGA CLASSES AND COMRADERY THAT SETS IT

  • YOGA CLASSES AND COMRADERY THAT SETS IT APART AND THE

  • COMRADERY THAT SETS IT APART AND THE COMMUNITY IS TAKING

  • APART AND THE COMMUNITY IS TAKING NOTICE.

  • COMMUNITY IS TAKING NOTICE. TAKE A RECENT CAREER

  • NOTICE. TAKE A RECENT CAREER DAY VISIT.

  • TAKE A RECENT CAREER DAY VISIT. >> CHIEF MORRISON SAID

  • DAY VISIT. >> CHIEF MORRISON SAID CAN FEMALES BE

  • >> CHIEF MORRISON SAID CAN FEMALES BE FIREFIGHTERS?

  • CAN FEMALES BE FIREFIGHTERS? THE ONE LITTLE GIRL

  • FIREFIGHTERS? THE ONE LITTLE GIRL RAISED HER HAND AND

  • THE ONE LITTLE GIRL RAISED HER HAND AND SAID NO, BUT THEY CAN

  • RAISED HER HAND AND SAID NO, BUT THEY CAN BE CHIEFS.

  • SAID NO, BUT THEY CAN BE CHIEFS. >> I THINK MORE

  • BE CHIEFS. >> I THINK MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEM IS

  • >> I THINK MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEM IS TO JUST SEE THAT

  • IMPORTANT FOR THEM IS TO JUST SEE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

  • TO JUST SEE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND AS LONG AS I'M

  • ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND AS LONG AS I'M HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE

  • AND AS LONG AS I'M HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHATTER THE GLASS

  • HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING.

  • TO SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING. >> Reporter: PAVING

  • CEILING. >> Reporter: PAVING THE WAY FOR

TO A REMARKABLE FIRE HOUSE IN GEORGIA. HERE IS BLAYNE

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