Twenty years after her first week of recruit school, Tiffany Green is set to take the helm of the Prince George’s County fire department, becoming its first female and youngest chief. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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In Tiffany Green’s first week of recruit school for the Prince George’s County Fire Department, the command staff visited the academy for its traditional meet-and-greet with the students.None of the department leadership, Green recalled, looked like her.
“I can remember looking at those men and wondering where the women were,” Green said. “The quote I always remember is, ‘You can’t be what you can’t see.’ ”
It was a pivotal moment for Green, who wondered what those men had that she didn’t that allowed them to get to the top.
Turns out, nothing.
Twenty years after that first week of recruit school, Green has taken the helm of the Prince George’s County Fire Department, becoming its first female and youngest chief.