Her parents were divorced, and she lived with her father, a city firefighter.
The current minimum salary for a city firefighter is $32,700.
Women make up less than 1 percent of city firefighters.
"Did you know that the first city firefighters were part of the metropolitan system?"
Those deaths ended a period, from 1988 to 1993, when no more than two city firefighters were killed on duty in any year.
During this time, he also worked as a city firefighter.
While city firefighters provide service in all of these areas, fire officials acknowledge that the local volunteers can often respond more quickly.
The one fatality was a 15-year-old boy, the son of a city firefighter.
It was the worst disaster involving city firefighters since 1966.
In 1841, a clash with city firefighters took place.