26/09/2026
Guinness World Records
This woman is the shortest female firefighter 🚒
Autumn Kelso (USA) may be small in size, but she certainly isn’t lacking spirit.
For the last five years, this determined firefighter has braved all kinds of house calls and calamities in the region around St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA – whether that entails driving around in the wailing red truck, spraying the high-powered water hose, or entering flaming buildings.
Yet despite the tough nature of her job, Autumn isn’t backing down – and this year, all her hard work paid off as she was awarded the Guinness World Records title as the shortest firefighter (female) on the globe.
Standing just 4 ft 10 in (147.32 cm) tall, she officially nabbed the title on 18 January, to the delight of everyone in her firehouse.
“This has got to be the coolest experience ever,” said Autumn to GWR. “Obviously I didn’t become a firefighter thinking that this was going to unfold later down the road – I’ve been a firefighter for five years now, and this was just a joke in the firehouse.
“One of the guys decided to look it up one day, and realized that I could in fact actually go for this award,” she continued. “We followed the steps, there was a big measuring process, and here we are! It’s really just kind of a fun twist of fate, if you will.”
Autumn decided to become a firefighter after spending her 20s in the corporate world, eventually deciding that life behind a desk wasn’t for her. She never dreamed as a child that she would end up battling flames for a living, but she had some supportive friends working in the service who encouraged her to apply and guided her throughout the process.
The rest, they say, is history.