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SAM WILSON EXPLAINS WHY WANNABE FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS NEEDN’T LET STEREOTYPES PUT THEM OFF…
WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE
PHOTO CRISPIN HUGHES
Sam Wilson joined the London Fire Brigade back in 2012. “I’d always had a desire to work in the public services, but had never considered becoming a firefighter. I assumed it was ‘a job for men.’”
After signing up to a women-specific open day, however, Sam found herself crawling along the ground, mid-firefighter fitness test, thinking, “I can’t believe I could be paid to do this.” And she’s not looked back since…