TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Clare
TI  - Burnt: a memoir of fighting fire 
T2  - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
SN  - 9798885793711
PY  - 2023///
CY  - [Farmington Hills, MI]
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
KW  - Frank, Clare.
KW  - Fire chiefs
KW  - California
KW  - Biography
KW  - Fire fighters
KW  - United States
KW  - Women fire fighters
KW  - Fire extinction
KW  - Wildfires
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - I. Ignition. Matchsticks ; Blisters ; Coffee ; Vermin -- II. Sustained heat. Roods ; Gum ; Skivvies ; Pop-tarts -- III. Free burn. Remains ; Footbags ; Vertebrates ; Fissures -- IV. Growth. Fugitives ; Ganja ; Retinas ; Critters -- V. Full development. Kings ; Towers ; Brass ; Ohms -- VI. Decay. Slurry ; Scrapple ; Etchings ; Beacons -- Afterword -- Glossary
N2  - California's female chief of fire protection looks back at her pioneering path in a male-dominated field, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns; "When Clare Frank was seventeen, she became a firefighter in Northern California. Very soon, she knew she had found her calling. Burnt is Clare's inspiring account of a life in fire. It chronicles the transformation of a young adult into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection while record-setting fires engulf her home state. Clare masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns where antics and dark humor balance terrifying risk, trauma, and a sense of almost holy responsibility"--
ER  -