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Firefighting sisterhood makes local history
Hall County recruits find camaraderie as largest female class
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Elizabeth Taylor, Misty Quillen, A.J. Mixer, Nina Morris and Leigh Whitmire stand at the Gainesville/Hall County Joint Fire Training Facility on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Hall County Fire Services had the highest number of female recruits of all time this year. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Each of the five female recruits graduating this month from training with Hall County Fire Services has her own reason for wanting to be a firefighter. For some, it’s a calling. One woman says she has a servant’s heart.