Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 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
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