Saskatoon Police and Fire showcase women in emergency services | 24CA News
Saskatoon Police and Fire got here collectively Saturday, hoping to encourage girls to work in emergency companies.
The two companies hosted Explore YXE, permitting members to see what cops and firefighters do each day.
“It’s kind of planting that seed for some of our younger women who are here that are actually in high school,” defined Sergeant Ashley Mcleod with the Saskatoon Police. “I’ve talked to quite a few today and they’re definitely interested, so it’s kind of gearing them towards what they’re going to do in post-secondary as well.”
Around 100 members from highschool and post-secondary took half within the occasion which included demonstrations and palms on expertise with the professionals.
There had been a number of coaching periods for younger girls to expertise firefighting and police work.
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According to police, solely 24 per cent of frontline officers in Saskatoon are feminine. In the hearth division, that quantity is even smaller, with solely six per cent of ladies represented.
Both companies mentioned they might like to see these numbers improve to mirror the neighborhood by which they serve.
“A lot of participants aren’t even aware of what they’re capable of and they aren’t aware of what they might enjoy doing, so it’s really important that they have this opportunity to try,” mentioned firefighter Jacquelyn Lishchynsky.
Lishcynsky mentioned occasions like this could open up prospects for ladies in what’s seen as a male dominated career.
For Mcleod, she mentioned having these girls look as much as them as heroes and listening to their questions makes them mirror on what received them into the trade within the first place.
“It just kind of takes you back to those first days when policing was so fresh and fire was so fresh and it just re-sparks that love for what we do,” Mcleod mentioned.
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