Storyteller: Bailey, Debbie (Kuffel)

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Debbie describes frustrations being a first female firefighter in Tulsa. She began speaking to children, organizing educational programs, doing Code Enforcement, Community Relations, then archiving Fire Museum photos and Fundraising efforts for a Museum. The George Kravis Foundation and Carol Tandy Foundations provided money to buy the building. Today Debbie works as the Nonprofit Crime Stoppers Event Coordinator for Fundraisers, and organizes tours from our Sister City in Germany, and directs a Youth Career Academy.

Subjects: Breaking the barriers for women, Code Enforcement, Beginnings of a Fire Museum, Non Profits--Crime Stoppers Events, German Sister City, Creating Student Courses, Managing Promotional events

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