South Florida native Rhoda Mae Kerr became Fort Lauderdale’s first female fire chief last week. She has held similar positions in Little Rock, Arkansas and Austin, Texas.
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Woman Dies After Being Set On Fire By Boyfriend In Chandigarh: Police
A woman died after she was allegedly set on fire by her male friend in a park here, police said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Vishal, has been arrested, they added. According to the ...
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Fort Worth approves spending additional $1.1 million to fight ex-police chief’s lawsuit
Former Fort Worth police chief Joel Fitzgerald Joyce Marshall Star ... He alleged city employees lied about the city being in compliance with regulations needed to access a federal law enforcement ...
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Fort Worth could spend an additional $1.1 million fighting ex-police chief’s lawsuit
Fort Worth fired former police chief Joel Fitzgerald in 2019 citing issues with his management, however, Fitzgerald is alleging his firing was related to his efforts to uncover city corruption.
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Fortune Taps Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as Finance-Focused Publication’s First Female CEO
Fortune named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its next CEO on Tuesday, making her the first woman to lead the 95-year ... Nyrkovskaya has served as the chief financial officer and chief strategy officer ...
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Meet Fortune’s first female CEO
That career reaches a milestone today: Anastasia is the new CEO of Fortune, the first woman to lead the media organization. Anastasia joined Fortune in 2019 as CFO and later added chief strategy ...
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Interim no more: Julie O'Berg will lead the Spokane Fire Department, becoming its first woman chief
O'Berg, 56, is the first woman to ever lead the department. O'Berg, the department's deputy chief of operations since 2020, was named interim fire chief in January nearly two weeks after newly ...
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Interim no more: Julie O’Berg will lead the Spokane Fire Department, becoming its first woman chief
O’Berg, 56, is the first woman to ever lead the department. O’Berg, the department’s deputy chief of operations since 2020, was named interim fire chief in January nearly two weeks after ...
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First woman appointed as Spokane Fire chief
O'Berg has been serving as the interim fire chief since January 2024 and is the first woman appointed to lead ... ensuring the safety and well-being of the Spokane community, and supporting ...
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Willimantic woman run over by her own car in driveway, fire chief says
WILLIMANTIC — A woman was seriously injured when she was run over by her own car, the fire chief said Monday. The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. Friday in the woman’s driveway in 30 block ...
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‘An honor': Meet LAPD's first Latina deputy chief, Ruby Flores
As the Los Angeles Police Department celebrates its first Latina deputy chief, the woman stepping up to the ... girls and women in a positive way by being in this leadership position, then I ...
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Mayor Lisa Brown appoints first female Spokane fire chief
O'Berg has been serving as interim Chief since January and will assume her new role if approved by the Spokane City Council. She would be the first woman to lead the City of Spokane's Fire Department.
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Cheektowaga's volunteer fire force has first female chief
Now, 10 years later, Calandra is the first female fire chief in Cheektowaga’s history ... Calandra weather the challenges that come with being a woman in a the male-dominated world of firefighting.