Ja Fire Brigade officer blazing a trail of her own

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Ja Fire Brigade officer blazing a trail of her own

For 23 years, Terri Ann Leslie has been cooling tempers, extinguishing blazes, and extricating people from crashed vehicles in the western parish of St James. The assistant superintendent is one of two females in the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) who...

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