Fighting fire
by Caroline Paul
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Caroline Paul was among the first dozen women to join the San Francisco Fire Department, nearly a decade ago. A Stanford graduate, she was a film student when a chance encounter and her own curiosity led her to see whether she could pass the rigorous qualifying tests for the fire department. Somewhat to her own surprise, she soon found herself a "probie" working hard to learn her job in one of the most traditionally male-identified professions there is.
She tells of the physical dangers and psychological pressures of the job, the camaraderie and deep loyalty of the department, the satisfaction of a difficult job well done, and the inevitable tragedies that come with being a firefighter. And threaded through all the tales of risk and rescue is the story of one young woman who comes to true adulthood with the realization that she is where she wants to be, doing the work she was meant to do: fighting fire.
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Biography, Officials and employees, San Francisco (Calif.)., San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Deparment, San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Dept, Women fire fighters, San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Dept., San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Department, Fire fighters, biography, Women, biography, San francisco (calif.), fire departmentPeople
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Fighting fire
1999, St. Martin's Paperbacks
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- 1st St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
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