Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 7:01 am
First female career fire chief in NY makes history
Chief Whitman-Putnam is the first female chief in New York state
By Paul Nelson
The Times-Union
GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. — This is not the first time Beth Whitman-Putnam has been in the fire chief’s chair.
As a Gloversville High School senior nearly three decades ago, she occupied the seat while job shadowing Chief Charles Weaver. And the pictures, including one in which she is flanked by the late chief and her father, Danny Whitman, now a retired city firefighter, adorn her office.
“The desk and paneling are still the same,” said the soft-spoken Whitman-Putnam, who is the first female career firefighter in the state to lead a department.
Her journey to the top of this 33-member paid fire department in Fulton County had its challenges.
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