Danae Mines said she’s always wanted to be one of the fire-fighters featured in the yearly New York Fire Department Calendar of Heroes, and feels very happy to be Miss March 2015.
“I wanted my picture in the calendar so that young girls and young women can see me and know that they can do this job,” she said.But for Danae, one of the city’s few female firefighters for more than a decade, being the first woman featured in the FDNY Calender didn't come easy. At first, she was told the honor was reserved for men only. "I was told that it was all guys. They said if I made it in the calendar, I would look like a pinup girl.”