Firefighterette Gillette (Alacheri Publishing)
       DIY Book Festival Award Winner
      Best Biography of 2007

        Firefighterette Gillette
The Story of a Firefighter Who Crashed and  Burned       
                       A Success Story


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Kathy is a professional firefighter with over 22 years of experience.  She
made history as the first woman to drive a fire truck for the Indianapolis
Fire Department.  The 320 page book draws you into the everyday life,
funny and tragic, of a firefighter.  You will laugh and cry at the chronicled
events. Firefighters as far away as Canada are raving about the book. Now
it has been named by DIY of Los Angeles as the best biography of 2007.
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         Firefighterette Gillette
A Firefighter Who Crashed and Burned
                  A Success Story

                                      Introduction


   Too many memories of the last 20 years are fading.  Some are
nightmarishly clear, the memories of the dead ones, especially
the children. When I allow  myself to think about them, I feel a
lump developing in my throat and the hair rising on my arms, so
I don’t think about those times, much less talk about them.
Some nights, those memories wake me, especially firehouse
nights, and then I can’t get back to sleep. If I am not  awakened
by their faces, then it is the alert that is waking me, mostly for
medical runs, but sometimes fires. The night runs are hardest
on firefighter hearts. Being wakened, to burst into action, all
hours of the night for 20 or 30 years sends a lot of firefighters to
an early grave.         
  Night runs are also hell on kidneys. We jump out of bed into
boots and night-pants, get on the fire apparatus, and on the way
to the run, realize how bad we have to pee. This is a bigger
problem for the women than the men. The older guys can
hardly buckle their night pants giving them a head start on
peeing. They rely on suspenders to hold up their unbuckled
pants.  
  Wow! Enough of the negative stuff, because you are going to
think I don’t like my job. I love my job. I feel lucky and
privileged to have been a professional firefighter in my life. It
also feels good to have my 20 on and be eligible for  retirement,
although I probably won’t retire until my husband has his 20
on, but maybe I will. Like Scarlett, I’ll decide that tomorrow.
   My handsome son, an adult now, was a baby when I was hired
as a firefighter. Recently he rode with my crew and me. After
the frantic excitement of barreling down the street with lights
flashing and sirens blaring, he witnessed our cool, calm,
organized reaction to a flopping seizure patient on a store floor,
where people were rushing out of the building spluttering,
“She’s crazy!”
   The fire which happened late that night, had flames leaping
from every window. He observed as we quickly doused the blaze.
Getting involved in the action, he helped pick up hose and met
my chief.
   Impressed, he decided he would like to follow in my footsteps.
“Oh my God, Mom, I never realized what you do!”  
   Anyway, I might be getting a little off track here. I should
start at the beginning. I should start with my decision to become
a firefighter.

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                              Firefighterette Gillette



 People are talking about   

 Firefighterette Gillette
A Firefighter Who
Crashed & Burned, A
Success Story

I cried myself to sleep after reading the heartbreaking stories
involving children. I titillated at the sex scenes and laughed at the
crazy events in the firehouse. I wish I was a firefighter.
Joyce Davis, mother.

Firefighterette Gillette sets out to share some significant career
events and in the process tells a story that everyone in America
should read.  Ms. Gillette discloses the fears,  injuries and
disappointments she experienced on the road to setting regional
history.  In her triumphant career she sets an example and sends a
message about  feminine self-determination and how situational and
man made barriers can be transformed into stepping stones to
success. Dr. Trent Tucker, Ph.D. CAS, CCBT

You will experience every imaginable emotion as you read
Firefighterette Gillette. Lt. Dave Burton, Perry Township Fire
Department.

It is truly astounding that two people, separated by over 500 miles
and an international border, could have such similar experiences in
careers that span twenty years. As I read this engaging and
incredible story, I kept thinking, "Yep, that happened to me." over
and over. Toronto, Canada Firefighter, Graham Voss.

I laughed and laughed as I read this book. I was feeling kind of
down but "Firefighterette Gillette" cheered me up. The scene where
Kathy opens the hydrant like a mule cracked me up.
Christine Breedlove, author, Ashes of A Cinderous Soul.

Firefighterette Gillette is a wonderful read and a great slice of life;
a real cross section of Midwestern America.  I loved the style;
concise, no-nonsense, essential communication, like a firefighter
needs to use in emergency situations.  I hope America realizes what
a treasure it is and buys a million copies.
Mark Strength, author, Bonnie Kate.

"A very candid and compelling read.  Although Kathy downplays
the bravery it has taken her to fight fires, politics and stereotypes
in the IFD, the reader gets the sense that she is the first person you
would want on your side, whether faced with an emergency, a
fractious dispute, or even a tough pickup basketball game."
Matt Goldberg, author, So So Gai.
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