It’s no secret that in most of the country, firefighting is a largely male-dominated occupation. In fact, nationally women compromise only 11% of the volunteer fire service. 

But not so in Frametown, West Virginia. In fact, in Frametown, the volunteer fire service is nearly 60% composed of females. 

This caught the attention of our guest on this episode of Pinpoint, Scotty Dunlap, who is a PhD, and a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. 

Scotty was curious not only about why this fire department was made up of such a high number of women, but wanted to hear their stories, and help other fire departments around the country learn to implement their strategies.

On this episode we talk all about: 

-What drove Scotty to devote his time to producing a documentary about women in firefighting

-What it is that makes the Frametown Fire Department so special

-How other agencies can implement the same model

-His plans for a follow up documentary

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