it's all in a day's work for maria casellas. she is one of catalonia's few women firefighters.e more, thanks to a new gender quota. >> when i was a young girl, i couldn't have imagined becoming a firefighter. women didn't do that. but i think when people see women doing this job, it will encourage other women to give it a try. >> for now, though, women are still an exception in the catalan fire department. they make up less than 3% of the force. today, maria is training with female firefighters from the region. in this drill, they have to rescue an injured driver using heavy equipment. it's high-intensity work that takes a lot of skill. >> i love it. when you start at 7:00 in the morning, you never know what's coming. and you work in a team, so you're never alone. >> the catalan regional government has now introduced a quota to attract more women to the fire department. 40% of new vacancies are slated for female applicants. maria muÑoz is pleased about the new quota. she's one of the few high-ranking women in the department, and heads a team of men in the command center. >> tea

it's all in a day's work for maria casellas. she is one of catalonia's few women firefighters.e more, thanks to a new gender quota. >> when i was a young girl, i couldn't have imagined becoming a firefighter. women didn't do that. but i think when people see women doing this job, it will encourage other women to give it a try. >> for now, though, women are still an exception in the catalan fire department. they make up less than 3% of the force. today, maria is training with female firefighters from the region. in this drill, they have to rescue an injured driver using heavy equipment. it's high-intensity work that takes a lot of skill. >> i love it. when you start at 7:00 in the morning, you never know what's coming. and you work in a team, so you're never alone. >> the catalan regional government has now introduced a quota to attract more women to the fire department. 40% of new vacancies are slated for female applicants. maria muÑoz is pleased about the new quota. she's one of the few high-ranking women in the department, and heads a team of men in the command center. >> tea