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Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid: a Female Firefighter Memoir
- Author
- Kate Fullen
- Narrator
- Colleen Prendergast
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 28 July 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid follows young, idealistic recruit, Kate Fullen, as she negotiates training school and settles into life on the watch. With incidents and routine tasks woven into the fabric of the story, it describes the consuming pressure, emotional turmoil and unpredictable nature of the job.
Utilising the rare perspective of a northern, queer, working-class female firefighter, Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid examines the more intricate difficulties experienced by minority groups and gives a voice to a profession that is seldom heard and rarely seen.
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Details
- Author
- Kate Fullen
- Narrator
- Colleen Prendergast
- Duration
- 8 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 July 2022
- ISBN
- 9788728187500
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: general, Biography: business & industry
Synopsis
A raw, eye-opening memoir from a North East firefighter, charting her journey into the male dominated heart of the British Fire and Rescue Service.Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid follows young, idealistic recruit, Kate Fullen, as she negotiates training school and settles into life on the watch. With incidents and routine tasks woven into the fabric of the story, it describes the consuming pressure, emotional turmoil and unpredictable nature of the job.Utilising the rare perspective of a northern, queer, working-class female firefighter, Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid examines the more intricate difficulties experienced by minority groups and gives a voice to a profession that is seldom heard and rarely seen.-
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