Four years ago, when 16-year-old Briana Moore became a junior volunteer firefighter, her decision shocked her father, David Moore Jr.
Moore Jr. had followed in his grandfather and father’s footsteps to become a volunteer firefighter at 16. His then-14-year-old teenage son, David Moore, was well on track to follow in Moore Jr.’s footsteps in due time.
A picture of the patriarch of the four-generation firefighter family, David D. Moore Sr., hangs on the wall of Neversink Engine Company in Port Jervis, N.Y., on September 9, 2022. (Cara Ding/The Epoch Times)
But as to his daughter, Moore Jr. just never thought a girl would want to take on the dirty, heavy job that could cost her life yet doesn’t pay a dime….