Who Should Be Recruited
The Commission to Recruit Women for the Fire Service is committed to increasing the recruitment of qualified women into the fire service, and retaining those women once hired. The modifier "qualified" is of key importance, and in that light, the Commission has identified a number of characteristics that are desirable in the potential recruit.
Firefighting requires candidates that exemplify most or all of the following characteristics: self-motivated, physically fit, desire to help people, enjoy working with people, self-discipline, "can do" attitude, team player, mechanical aptitude, adaptable, trainable, sense of humor, integrity, and tenacity. The combination of these factors, in varying degrees of strength, greatly improve the potential success of the female recruit.