Blazing Another Springs Trail ; Fire Department Gets Its First Female Battalion Chief

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Thirty years ago, the job application to be a Colorado Springs firefighter listed "male" as a requirement.

Civil rights laws stopped that, but as recently as 1986, when Pamela Butler joined the department, there were only two other female firefighters.

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Blazing Another Springs Trail ; Fire Department Gets Its First Female Battalion Chief

There are 28 today, and officials say trailblazers like Butler are a big reason.

She bla...

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