When Carol Brown became a firefighter for Boulder in 1991, there were about twice the number of women in the city’s department than there are today, she said.
Now a battalion chief for Boulder Fire-Rescue, Brown is excited to see its leaders make it a goal to increase the number of women firefighters from the current 7% to 25% of its sworn firefighters by 2030, which total 112 now, according to Deputy Fire Chief Holger Durre.
That goal, among many others, including the potential transition away from the fire department relying on a contractor to perform advanced life support ambulance service, was unanimously adopted Tuesday by City Council in an updated master plan for Boulder-Fire Rescue.