Phoenixville 'Trading Card Series' Highlights First Female Firefighter

PHOENIXVILLE, PA -- Many heroes are immortalized with a trading card, so it makes sense that firefighters with the Phoenixville Fire Department were given their own cards to hand out to area youth.

The department recently posted a photo on Facebook recalling Lois Deuble, the borough’s very first female firefighter.

Deuble was featured in the trading card series in 1999, the department said.

In the photo above, she is standing with students after giving a fire prevention lesson.

Giving such lessons was a common occurance with Deuble, who worked with the department’s fire prevention program for years, officials said.

She first joined the department in 1974 and was active until 2003.

During her career in Phoenixville, Deuble also worked for six years as Presdient and twelve years as Treasurer with the department.