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Meet The Country’s Only All Female Firefighting Crew

September 18, 2008

Robyn Benincasa, a firefighter at Pacific Highlands Ranch Fire Station 47, likens her fire crew to “The Brady Bunch.”
The new station’s “A” crew Captain Greg George is the head of an all female outfit, including Benincasa, firefighter paramedic April Lallo and engineer Melissa Cleary; all close friends who transferred together from Point Loma. They are [...]

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Chasing Fire Through The Walls..

December 28, 2007

Tonight we had a structure fire in a single story balloon framed residence. When we pulled up, smoke was pushing out of the vents and windows pretty good. We forced entry into the home and went to work. I’m standing outside putting my mask on when suddenly a woman comes running up to the front [...]

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