Jaeger reaches new heights in firefighting career

Lt. Christina Jaeger continues to make strides in her firefighter career.

Jaeger, who has been volunteering with the Medical Lake Fire Department since November 2013, recently graduated from the West Plains Crew Leader Fire Academy. She was promoted to lieutenant in May.

Jaeger's firefighting career began 10 years ago when she was visiting her brother, who works with the Northern Lakes Fire Protection District, in Hayden Lake, Idaho. One night, her brother asked her to go on a ridealong.

"It was a busy night that included a structure fire," Jaeger said. "I had worked in an office and never exp...