Blazing a Trail: Young Woman’s Drive Changes Fire Academy Rules - The New Era

The New Era

Blazing a Trail: Young Woman’s Drive Changes Fire Academy Rules - The New Era

Fourteen-year-old girls who sign up for firefighter training this summer through the Lebanon Fire District can thank Londyn Randall for the opportunity. It was 2018 and Randall was just 14 when she told her mother she’d like to try Lebanon’s new Linn County Young Women’s Fire Academy. Then in its first year, the academy was geared for ages 16 to 19. But Randall’s mother called Lt. Erin Nunes, who was organizing the academy, to see what might be …