Girls on Fire camp coming to Newcastle to encourage young girls to become firefighters

Sage Swinton
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:26pm, first published November 6 2020 - 5:00am
EMPOWERED: Fire and Rescue NSW and National Parks and Wildlife firefighter Maddison Terry will be involved in a camp in Newcastle tomorrow aimed at encouraging young girls to become firefighters. Picture: Marina Neil
EMPOWERED: Fire and Rescue NSW and National Parks and Wildlife firefighter Maddison Terry will be involved in a camp in Newcastle tomorrow aimed at encouraging young girls to become firefighters. Picture: Marina Neil

When Maddison Terry became a firefighter six years ago, very few of her colleagues were women.

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Sage Swinton

Sage Swinton

Journalist

Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. She has been with the Newcastle Herald since June 2020, and covers Newcastle council as well as other general news.

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