Former firefighter reflects on adventurous and challenging career as a trans woman

Well, in wildland firefighting, we build a fire line. And we use hand tools, or we use bulldozers, but we have a fire line, to put the fire out. That’s how we fight a wildland fire. And in my career, I had worked on both sides of the gender fire line so to speak, starting out my career as male. And maybe a third or halfway through my career I transitioned, and those early years of my career were very difficult. And so the title I think – a fire chief buddy of mine was the one who suggested that title. And I thought that when I heard him say it, I thought it really apropos because it tells my story. I worked both sides.