Women in Red

10/13/2020

Bay Head Fire Company No.1

10/06/2020

Point Pleasant Fire Department

09/28/2020

http://www.region19.org/article/2536.php

Toms River, NJ - Spring 2020 Ocean County College graduate and former four-sport student-athlete (Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball, Women's Lacrosse) Simi Clapman recently launched Women in Red, an initiative created to serve her fellow female firefighters.

09/26/2020

My name is Simi Clapman and I’m a firefighter in Lakewood, New Jersey. As a young girl I was inspired by all of the brave firefighters who put their lives on the line everyday, and I am still now inspired by them even while being a firefighter myself. In my fire academy I was the only female. This opened my eyes to see the gap between genders in the fire community. As women, we have different needs than men, and because of the fire community being predominantly male, it is more catered towards them. My goal is to establish a community of women in the first responder world.

I started my organization, Women in Red, because I want to distribute this basket for the female firefighters who may have forgotten a tampon, a ponytail, or basic necessities while responding to a call or in the fire department and in need. I hope this basket is appreciated and used by all female firefighters!

If anyone would like to donate a basket and send it to a fire department of their choice, feel free to private message me.

09/26/2020

Some of the donated baskets.