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1940 – The Women's War Service Auxiliary and Women's Auxiliary Army Corps are formed; amongst other duties, they are trained in firefighting. 1943 – Dargaville Volunteer Fire Brigade forms New Zealand's first all-female brigade, formed of 11 WWSA members. 1964 – Nine women form the Ahipara Fire Party, the first post-war all-female brigade.
English: The Womens' Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. Queen Elizabeth chatting with a WAAF sergeant during a visit to an early training establishment at Innsworth, Gloucester. The WAAFs, with the exception of Assistant Section Officer G H Caffin standing behind the Queen, are wearing 'emergency' uniforms consisting of overalls and berets, which ...
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The Female Voluntary Corps for Auxiliary Services of the Republican Armed Forces (Italian: Corpo Femminile Volontario per i Servizi Ausiliari delle Forze Armate Repubblicane, better known as the Female Auxiliary Service (Italian: Servizio Ausiliario Femminile SAF ) was a women's corps of the armed forces of the Italian Social Republic, whose components, all voluntary, were commonly referred to ...
It's getting hot in here! Meet the woman who has been dubbed the "world's sexiest firefighter" -- Gunn Narten. When the female firefighter isn't saving lives in Norway, she's posting some pretty ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 10:34, 5 February 2013: 800 × 605 (54 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , 1939-1945.''<br/> A WAAF driver turns the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire.}} |author = Baker L H (P/O), Royal Air Force official photographer |dat...
The 32nd and 33rd Post Headquarters Companies started out as Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). [4] When the WAACs changed to WAC, many of the black women who had joined stayed on as WACs. [4] The black women enlisted in the WAACs started out in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for training, and where they lived in segregated conditions from the white ...