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02049aam a2200277 i 4500 001 7FD1D49282BB11EEB9461FF036ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231114010030 008 230901s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 9798885793711 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Frank, Clare, $e author. 245 1 $a Burnt $h [LP] : $b a memoir of fighting fire / $c Clare Frank. 250 $a Large Print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 539 pages (large print) : $b map, illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a When Clare Frank was 17 years old, she became a firefighter in Northern California. Clare was five-foot-two and officially too young to join the serviceâshe left her birthdate blank on her paperwork, hoping no one would notice. And she didnât look like her peers, who sported an Adamâs apple and a mustache. But her brother was a firefighter and loved it, so she thought sheâd try it out, too. This memoir chronicles the transformation of a young adult determined to prove her mettle into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection, one of the highest-ranking women in Cal Fire history, while record-setting fires engulf her home state. Mentors and mediocre managers, funerals and scandal, pickup basketball, car crashes, and always fireâno one has written about this world, from this perspective, like Clare Frank. She masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking readers inside firehouses, on daily calls, and along to gigantic wildfires where antics and dark humor balance terrifying risk, trauma, and a sense of almost holy responsibility. 541 $d 20231027. 650 7 $a Women fire fighters $z California $x Biography. 650 $a Fire extinction $z United States $x History. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240802014926.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20231114010100.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FD1D49282BB11EEB9461FF036ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search