 Morrisville Chief Nathan Leszczynski calls it a recruitment and retention tool with a goal of exposure and empowerment. We definitely want them to become applicants to our organizations. We want individuals that have seen the inside of the fire department and they say, I can do that. Some of the girls here are 18 years old, which is the hiring age for some local fire departments struggling to recruit women. Right now, there are only 17 women serving on the Cary Fire Department out of 200 firefighters. Apex has 102 total and only four women.