Shazia Parveen

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Shazia Parveen
Born
Vehari, Punjab.
NationalityPakistani
OccupationFirefighter
Parent
  • Rehmat Ullah (father)

Shazia Parveen (born-1990s) from Vehari, Punjab, is the first female firefighter in Pakistan. [1] She joined Rescue 1122 emergency services in 2010. [2] [3] She has received nationwide recognition and has been featured in international news as well. [4]

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Personal life

Parveen lives in Karampur with eight family members. [5] [6] She joined the rescue services in 2010 when the fire department announced its first women department. She joined the program along with 600 other people. [7] She was trained at Rescue 1122 in Lahore and was the only woman who completed the training. [8] According to Parveen, she chose the profession by choice and had the support of her late father, Rehmat Ullah, a former army member. [9] She said that she and her siblings were brought up to help people so she joined the rescue services. [10] She said she was inspired to continue her training because she was told she would become the first female firefighter in Asia. [2] [11]

Career

Parveen, who was 22 at the time, joined the rescue services in 2010 and started work after completing her seven months of training. [12] She started her work at the Vehari Fire Department where she has taken part in many tasks. [13] Her tasks involved extinguishing fires in factories and homes, mostly electrical fires. [14] PShe worked for six years at the Vehari Fire Department. [15]

In 2016, Parveen was promoted to lead fire instructor at the Vehari Fire Department. She was later transferred to the Thokar Niaz Baig Rescue Department of Lahore [16] where she was appointed as a trainer. She trained new members on standard operating procedures at the Punjab Emergency Services Department. [17] She has trained women cadets on extinguishing fires and boys and girls at a department that has received more than 1,000 new recruits. [18]

Parveen was also featured in the book Pakistan for Women by Maleeha Abidi. [19] The book includes some of Pakistan's most notable women and has received recognition nationally and internationally. [20]

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