Michigan Teen Breaks Barriers by Graduating from Her Local Fire Youth Academy

Fourteen-year-old Sadie Morgan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the first girl and the youngest person ever to graduate from the Grand Rapids Fire Department Fire Youth Academy. Morgan has wanted to be a firefighter since she was very young, and knew she wanted to get involved with her community’s youth firefighter program. Although she was one year below the age limit, her interest and ambition impressed the deputy fire chief and she was accepted.

The teens in the program train with Grand Rapids firefighters and cadets, learning basic firefighting techniques from using equipment properly to performing CPR. “I could see myself doing that: being the person there on someone’s worst day, helping them through it, coaching them through it, reassuring them that things are going to be OK,” Morgan told a local reporter. “Whether you’re going to go off and become the next fire chief or you’re going to be like, this is fun, but it’s not for me, regardless of what you’re doing, you’re still becoming a better person, bettering yourself. You’re becoming one more person in this community that can help in a crisis.”



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