Health & Fitness
Focus on a Beverly Hills Firefighter: Fire Engineer Melissa Hillis
Meet Fire Engineer Melissa Hillis.
Any time I go to a dinner party, or get into a conversation in line at the grocery store, the topic always comes up: “What’s it like to be a woman working in a fire station?”
People are intrigued by women in predominantly male professions, especially one as physically and emotionally demanding as the occupation of a firefighter. Over the years I’ve noticed the line of questioning seems to have the same general theme, and that the public has common questions and curiosities about life as a woman firefighter. Here are the top five questions I usually get asked:
- Do you have to pass the same physical tests as the men to get a job as a firefighter?
- Where do you sleep?
- Where do you shower?
- Do the men treat you well?
- What is the hardest thing about working for the fire department?
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