29: Women in Firefighting: The Frametown Story w/ Scotty Dunlap

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 For every episode, click here. For Apple Podcasts users, use this link. Suggest Pinpoint podcast topics at [email protected].