Ultra-Orthodox mother of 11 is Israel’s first woman deputy chief in fire service

19 October 2022, 6:27 pm

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Rachel Pisam, the first woman to achieve the rank of deputy chief in the Fire and Rescue Service (Courtesy)

Rachel Pisam, an ultra-Orthodox mother of 11 and grandmother of 18, is the first Israeli woman appointed to the rank of deputy chief in the Fire and Rescue Service.

Pisam, 55, is appointed to head the manpower department, and is the first woman to attain the rank in the service, the equivalent of a general in the IDF.

“There is no more worthy and important choice than this,” says Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev. “Rachel is a trailblazer, and will be the first woman to be awarded the rank of deputy chief.”