WISN 12 reporter Hannah Hilyard covers the Milwaukee Fire Department's appointment of the first black woman to deputy chief.


Sharon Purifoy received her OLA master’s at CUW and is now the first black woman to be named deputy chief in the Milwaukee Fire Department’s 175-year history.

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