PHOTO :Bronnie Mackintosh (far right) with girls from the Walgett High School at the Girls on Fire training on 31 October. Photo: supplied
Girls and young women across regional and rural NSW are showing everyone they know how to handle a bushfire as they partake in the Girls on Fire emergency training.
The Girls on Fire camps started in 2018 and deliver fire and disaster management training for girls and women aged 15 to 19 to increase the participation of women in the fire service.
Only 5 to 7 percent of Australia’s firefighting network are women…