Give them time! They are probably just intimated and scared! But just give it some time...they will eventually come around. You just keep doing what you are there for! Saving lives of other people! Your colleagues will eventually come around. I know it's difficult, but look at it this way...you are not only saving lives, but you are also an amazing role model!

Their loins are on fire.

My Uncle is a retired firefighter. He's a racist, sexist, homophobic S.O.B. who used to drink like a fish and still smokes like a chimney and spent most of his 40 years of marriage cheating on his wife until he got too old sick and ugly to keep doing it all. He was forced to retire early, ostensibly, because he refused to learn to speak french. More likely, everyone finally got sick of the guy.

Oh wow, that must be a very hard life you're living... No, but seriously, I understand what you're saying. I don't know why people always look for more if a person is being friendly and outgoing.

1. Know your trucks better than the guys do 2. Don't take any shit 3. Have a sense of humor I've been a female firefighter for nearly ten years, luckily I wasn't the first at my department, but the three things above have helped me immensely. Good luck!

I feel like I'm reading the plot of the early episodes of Chicago Fire.

I know exactly how this is. I'm in aviation & it's exactly like this. Just keep your chin up, do your best, & it'll improve over time. Or eventually become their superior & it'll be a good thing you didn't get swept up in drama :) good luck to you!

No one cares

I guess its a good thing for the fire fighters that they work in a male dominated world. I wonder what kind of living hell their wives would put them through if they worked in a job where a lot if not most of their co-workers were women. Insecure wives/GFs are a pain in everyone's butt.

I would never hit on my sisters. Come work with me!