Angela Hughes
Angie Hughes (Angela) began her fi re service career with her local volunteer fi re department while she was still in high school. During the time that she was completing her EMT class, Angie witnessed and rendered aid at the scene of the Chase Amtrak Accident that occurred in 1987 in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland. The tragedy left sixteen people dead, and many others injured. For her heroic actions as a volunteer who just happened to be fi rst on the scene that day, she was later awarded Congressional recognition – as well as receiving an invitation to visit the White House. That was one heck of a start to any fi re service career, and she didn’t look back. I’ve chosen to highlight her career today as part of this 2021 Women’s History Month. Angie began her paid career as a Paramedic with the Baltimore City (MD) Fire Department in 1989. After serving three years in that position, she was hired as a Paramedic and Fire fi ghter in the Baltimore County (MD) Fire Department in 1992. Angie promoted to Lieutenant in 2012, and then to the rank of Captain in 2015. In addition to her many years of service in fi re stations, she also gained Angela “Angie” Hughes began her fire service career with her local volunteer fire department while she was still in high school. During the time that she was completing her EMT class, Angie witnessed and rendered aid at the scene of the Chase Amtrak Accident that occurred in 1987 in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland. The tragedy left sixteen people dead and many others injured. For her heroic actions as a volunteer who just happened to be first on the scene that day, she was later awarded congressional recognition – as well as receiving an invitation to visit the White House. That was one heck of a start to any fire service career, and she didn’t look back. I’ve chosen to highlight her career today as part of this 2021 Women’s History Month. Angie began her paid career as a paramedic with the Baltimore City (Maryland) Fire Department in 1989. After serving three years in that position, she was hired as a paramedic and firefighter in the Baltimore County (Maryland) Fire Department in 1992. Angie promoted to a lieutenant in 2012, and then to captain in 2015. In addition to her many years of service in fire stations, she also gained experience as a fire marshal in fire prevention. But Angie did some other things in her career that have been of 9
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