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“I think its important to show other women that a woman can do a man’s job,” says Kim Ripperger, 19, a rookie firefighter for the Sunman Rural Fire Department.
The 2004 East Central High School graduate decided to follow in the footsteps of her deceased grandfather and Texan uncle when signing up to begin her training as a cadet for the department.