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Fire Woman: The Extraordinary Story of Britain''s First Female Firefighter

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By (author): Josephine Reynolds

The inspiring true story of Josephine Reynolds, Britain's first full-time female firefighter.

When Josephine Reynolds signed up with the Norfolk Fire Service in July 1982 at just seventeen years old, there was no such thing as a firefighter only fire men. Set against the slate-grey backdrop of early 1980s Britain, Fire Woman is the story of how a young woman brought up in rural Wales coped in the testosterone-fuelled world of the fire brigade, where even today 96 per cent of all staff are male.

In a life packed with incident where lethal forest fires, escaped zoo animals and unexploded bombs formed a background to the everyday toll of death and disaster Josephine experienced both triumph and heartbreaking personal tragedy.

Fire Woman also provides a unique insight into the camaraderie that comes with risking your life on a daily basis and stands as the inspiring true story of an extraordinary young woman who took on a mans world and won, becoming Britain's first full-time firefighter.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Apr 2017
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781782436997

About Josephine Reynolds

Josephine Reynolds signed up as a trainee firefighter with the Norfolk Fire Service in the summer of 1982. At just seventeen years old she was the first ever woman to join the fire service full time in the UK. After falling in love with fellow firefighter David Blakeney an ex-French Foreign Legion fighter the pair married and headed to the Amazon to continue their adventurous life together.

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