Special Achievements

"In September 1988, three trailblazing women - Michelle Field, Jacqui Segger and Virginia Forbes (née Bell) - graduated alongside twenty men from the Victoria Street Training College. They were the first women to become MFB firefighters."

A triathlete and formerly a plumber.

Image - Virginia Bell

Jackie Segger, Michelle Field, Virginia Bell Photographer: Ian Baker

The Herald and Weekly Times

Link - BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER

Metropolitan Fire Brigade

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Link - 12. Fire Station, Mural and Museum, 456 Albert Street

National Trust

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Dunlevy, Lyn.  Women join the firefighters.  The Age.  December 8, 1988:page unknown.

Talbot, Louise.  Women join the firefighters.  newspaper unknown.  date unknown:page unknown.