After serving in northwest Broward for over 25 years, District Chief Stephanie Palmer officially retired from the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department this November.
Decades ago, she moved to Florida and decided to leave her corporate job at the age of 30 to dedicate her life to something new after a ridealong with a firefighter friend.
Palmer graduated from the Miami-Dade fire academy as class leader in 2000, the only woman in her cohort. Coral Springs was one of the cities that invited her to interview for an open position on its squad…