Chula Vista Fireplace Division empowers teen ladies by means of firefighter coaching

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — In a singular initiative by the Chula Vista Fireplace Division, 60 teenage ladies are gaining firsthand expertise within the lifetime of a firefighter by means of the MANA’s Hermanitas program. This program is particularly designed to encourage and empower younger Latinas to discover various profession path

“You by no means know what I could also be sooner or later. Proper now, I’m focused on being a nurse, going into the medical discipline, so a firefighter is generally in that style,” stated Leilany Gastelum, a ninth-grade pupil.

Through the coaching, members together with Gastelum realized important expertise comparable to ladder climbing, navigating obstacles, and performing CPR.

“It could be an emergency that I could have to know CPR. And sooner or later, if I could not know – what am I going to do? Nothing?” stated Gastelum.

She was capable of study these expertise from feminine firefighters like Jenna Zamora. Zamora, who began as an EMT and is now a paramedic, supplied useful recommendation to the subsequent era of firefighters, EMS, and paramedics.

“Be assured in your self. Be assured in your rules and your beliefs and in addition encourage others and train others and by no means be afraid to get right down to work,” she stated.

Zamora has served the Chula Vista neighborhood for over a decade.

Trying forward, Gastelum is able to take the subsequent step to discover firefighting additional. “If I’m after this seminar, I feel I’d like to look up extra about their life expertise, extra college-wise, simply understanding what I have to do sooner or later to arrange myself if I do need to be a firefighter,” she stated.

For folks focused on studying extra about comparable applications, the Chula Vista Fireplace Division additionally has a Fireplace Explorers program.