Photoset Celebrating the Real Women of the SFFD with @christiehemmklok Christie is part of Women Photograph (@ womenphotograph ), a global catalog of independent women photojournalists on a mission to elevate female voices. We’re celebrating her story for # InternationalWomensDay . Her toddler’s obsession with firefighters lit a 🔥 under photographer Christie Hemm Klok (@ christiehemmklok ). “He had 10 books all about firefighters. I think maybe one of them had a very short-haired woman. That was the extent of it,” says Christie. While in art school, she had the idea to document female firefighters, but her local station in Southern California didn’t have any women. This time, she reached out to United Fire Service Women, a nonprofit that advocates for women in the San Francisco Fire Department. “The timing was right,” says Christie — their response was immediate. The organization was looking for a photographer to help celebrate the 30-year anniversary of women in the department.…