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An edition of Fighting fire (1998)

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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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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
272

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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 department
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Caroline Paul
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1999, St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Fighting fire
1998, Bloomsbury
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Fighting Fire
1998, Random House, Incorporated
in English
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Fighting fire
1998, St. Martin's Press
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Dewey Decimal Class
363.37/092/279461, B
Library of Congress
TH9118.P38 A3 1998, TH9118.P38A3 1998

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Pagination
xiv, 272 p. ;
Number of pages
272

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OL350439M
Internet Archive
fightingfire00paul
ISBN 10
0312185812
LCCN
98009791
OCLC/WorldCat
38431159
Library Thing
365515
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3236153

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