Jan Rader became Huntington, West Virginia's first female fire chief in 2017. Jan was featured in 2017's Oscar-nominated documentary short Heroin(e) for her work in to confront the opioid epidemic in Huntington. She is also a board member of Fairness West Virginia, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization. In 2018, Jan was named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.