Two women made public safety history in Linn County this month as they both became the first woman in their organization to achieve a certain rank. At the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Heather O’Brien was promoted and became the first female lieutenant the office has had, and at the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, Cheme’ Fairlie became the department’s first female battalion chief.
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Krebill, 59, started as a firefighter and paramedic for the department in 1991 and was just opening its second fire station. She worked her way up the ranks, from captain to district chief to deputy fire chief and then to fire chief in 2014.