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Nov 9, 2009 8:59 pm US/Mountain

Denver Fire Appoints Highest Ranking Female Ever

DENVER (CBS4/AP) ― The Denver Fire Department has promoted a woman to division chief for the first time in the agency's 133-year history.

Angela R. Cook's promotion Monday means she will be in charge of a staff of almost 100 people who oversee emergency services at Denver International Airport. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said during Cook's swearing-in ceremony that she was promoted because she's a firefighter who "knows her job inside and out and just happens to be a woman."

Denver hired its first female firefighter in 1985 and Cook joined the department in 1992. Cook was also the first woman to be promoted to assistant chief in 2007.

"She's not self-promoting, she's not self-serving. We talked about this when she made chief," Lt. Phil Champagne with the Denver Fire Department said. "She wants a low profile. She doesn't seek attention and she's one of the most caring and compassionate people I've ever met on the department."

The department has about 900 firefighters. Less than 6 percent of them are women.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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