(KCTV) - The first Black female firefighter in Kansas City ... private bunk rooms and women’s cut bunker gear, we honor the challenges and sacrifices they endured,” KCFD said in its release.

A 2017 study found that female firefighters face a number of disparities, including harassment, ill-fitting safety equipment and inadequate training. The study, done by researchers with Kansas ...

Carolyn Mitchell, Kansas City’s first Black female firefighter ... and women’s cut bunker gear, we honor the challenges and sacrifices they endured.” James Garrett, a former deputy chief ...

She was one of the first two women to join KCFD back in 1977 and the city’s first Black female firefighter ... and women’s cut bunker gear, we honor the challenges and sacrifices they endured.