A Frontline Female Fire Fighter, Eleonore Jordan Anderson.
A FRONTLINE FEMALE FIREFIGHTER There is a fascinating story in USA TODAY September 24, 2020 (published in partnership with The 19th) written by Ko Bragg. It's about a woman named Eleonore Jordan Anderson . Eleonore is no ordinary woman. In fact, she is one of the few frontline female firefighters in the United States of America. "It's been a record setting fire season," Elenore said in the interview and went on to explain that COVID-19 cancelled the seasonal work she used to do. She was, however, hired as a qualified sawyer on her engine crew. A sawyer clears paths for other firefighters and also "takes down hazardous and dead trees." Five years ago Elenore fought her first fire. Since then she has been involved in 25 fires, four of them in this year. They include the Lionshead Fire that started through a l...