31-year-old Tara Walker is the first Black female Jersey City Fire Department firefighter who was sworn into position along with 25 other cadets (including two Black men and an Asian man) during a graduation ceremony recently. Walker has made history as the first in the department’s 143-year history! MUST READ: BEAUTIFUL NEWS: Adorable 1-Year-Old Amputee, […]

[From R to L: Charlotte Shannon, Giselle King, Vanessa Schoening and Antoinette Proctor] Four women (three of them, women of color) were among the 286 graduates of the FDNY Fire Academy Tuesday, boosting the number of female firefighters in the department to the highest level in 32 years! Congratulations are in order for Charlotte Shannon, […]