Chicago Fire: Here's What Real-Life Girls On Fire Looks Like

Summary:

• Stella Kidd’s Girls on Fire initiative has a real-life version that works in Australia.
• The FFIT program teaches young women emergency skills and disaster management.
• There are other local FFIT programs that support and teach those willing to join the emergency services or learn how to protect themselves.

After Kelly Severide’s recent return, his relationship with Stella Kidd took a large hit; shouldn’t have left his wife, ghosted her, and wandered off into the sunset. But remember when Stella herself did almost — but not quite! — the same thing in Season 10? She left to work on Girls on Fire, her FFIT passion project, and admittedly, was successful enough for this project to transfer into the real world, too!

Girls On Fire Project Exists In Real Life

While Chicago Fire, as the name implies, focuses solely on the Windy City, meaning the United States, the real-world Girls on Fire doesn’t originate from America at all. It’s an Australian program that focuses on teaching young girls and women about disaster management, firefighting, and other emergency-related skills.

It makes sense: in Australia, the problem of wildfires (aka bushfires) is much more prominent than in the US. However, thanks to the Chicago Fire series, the FFIT program got the much-needed publicity. Much-needed and, dare we say, well-deserved, because the skills Girls of Fire teaches are extremely valuable to anyone!

What Does The Real Girls On Fire Offer?

On the program’s official website, it’s stated that it runs “a series of school programs, urban girls fire camps, cultural inclusion camps, community engagement and advocacy activities” all around the year and offers “virtual, in-person and residential camps to regional, remote and urban Australia,” making it accessible to anyone.

While teaching both hard and soft emergency skills, Girls on Fire largely focuses on improving its education methods and spreading the message as far as possible. The program works with major communities and even partners with the Monash University to ensure the quality of its educational approach and recruit new members.

Such programs are a great way to both boost and diversify new arrivals to the firefighter and other emergency agencies ranks, and Chicago Fire did a great job at attracting attention to Girls on Fire and other FFIT programs, like the Kitchener Fire Camp Female Firefighter in Training in Ontario, Canada, that provide similar skills and also work with the local educational institutions.

Source: Girls on Fire, Kitchener Fire