![Oregon camp lets girls test out a career in firefighting Oregon camp lets girls test out a career in firefighting](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/Ft81YhVbA5mvJ3TaTTXEJKFj5jQ=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/EMSKMY2HRJBM3KHNTZHUWPOZLY.jpg)
![Since the program began 14 years ago, 480 women, age 16 to 21, have attended the three-day camp.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/RjOSU5Bfudllef0W9FWXmoYYV1E=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/QHSXPGQCUZFVZNNGRCAJND4HPE.jpg)
![The camp has hands-on training on search and rescue, controlling nozzles and using ropes and ladders.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/8KJm6X6II2XiMoMCHf2pgxVV9wg=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/3FKT7T3MRBEOZC32GMLPZESH3Q.jpg)
![2022 Portland Metro Fire Camp for women, age 16-21, was held at July 8-10 at Portland Fire Training Station 2, at 4800 N.E. 122nd Ave.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/JOxrJL7W4i8APHVtRScqY5eKkoE=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/J4RC2SWSMBEWLHBN7QGGBX3MIA.jpg)
![2022 Portland Metro Fire Camp for women, age 16-21, was held at July 8-10 at Portland Fire Training Station 2, at 4800 N.E. 122nd Ave.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/4ns5Jld2DsJ8oeXekvgSlXk31OM=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/SJWQAQE2UFCYXMILAFFLHA2OJE.jpg)
![2022 Portland Metro Fire Camp for women, age 16-21, was held at July 8-10 at Portland Fire Training Station 2, at 4800 N.E. 122nd Ave.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/ZD9TcxV9D6FkcwQB-La3Tg2xkog=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/TKPJGZWRHBDRNC5BESJFZOEA64.jpg)
A teenage girl nicknamed “Full Throttle” graduated from Portland Metro Fire Camp Sunday knowing how to use her rescue belt to bail out of a two-story window and a chainsaw to cut the roof off a car.
A teenage girl nicknamed “Full Throttle” graduated from Portland Metro Fire Camp Sunday knowing how to use her rescue belt to bail out of a two-story window and a chainsaw to cut the roof off a car.