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First African American Woman Firefighter at Virginia Beach

Posted August 27th, 2014 & filed under News.

A young woman in Virginia Beach is taking action and breaking down barriers!

Krystal Jacobs will be graduating from the fire training academy in Virginia Beach tonight. She is the first African-American woman to graduate from the academy.

http://wtkr.com/2014/08/25/former-newschannel-3-employee-becomes-first-african-american-woman-firefighter-in-virginia-beach/

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President – Buster Insley
1st Vice President –Kevin Duck
2nd Vice Presient – David Nichols
3rd Vice President –Paul Logan
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