VIDEO: Seminole County Fire Assistant Chief Becky Ward loves to cook.
On the menu Thursday were chicken biscuits with a hint of goat cheese, a meal she prepared for the crew at Seminole County Fire Station 12.
“Cooking has always been a part of our family and so my love of food, I just brought that with me when I came to the fire service,” Ward said.
It was in 1993 when Ward joined the fire department after she was inspired by her father, who served in the Geneva Fire Department.
“There were females (at) the Seminole County Fire Department, we had one female lieutenant at the time when I was hired,” Ward said. Over the years, Ward climbed the ladder, becoming a lieutenant, a battalion chief, and in 2020, she was promoted to assistant fire chief.