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<v Speaker 1>This season, we're bringing you stories about people finding their

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<v Speaker 1>breathing new life into an age old profession, taking the

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<v Speaker 1>a new idea, or landing the perfect job doing something

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<v Speaker 1>you'd never before even considered. Today for on the Job

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<v Speaker 1>producer Otis Gray travels to Southampton, Massachusetts to interview Anna Nadler.

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<v Speaker 1>Anna is a rambunctious young woman working not one, but

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<v Speaker 1>two jobs that by looking at her, you might not

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<v Speaker 1>see her doing. She's five ft two, she's bubbly, and

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<v Speaker 1>on most days is vastly outnumbered by mail co workers.

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<v Speaker 1>While her job choices might seem at first glance non traditional,

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<v Speaker 1>she's in no way out of place in either. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>Otis Anna nadler Is. She's a civil engineer living in Southampton,

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<v Speaker 1>mass And right now it's the middle of the night.

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<v Speaker 1>She's gonna have to wake up at six am. She

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<v Speaker 1>and her crew have a big job replacing a bridge

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of towns over. Somewhere around two thirty am,

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<v Speaker 1>she hears this come out of a radio that she

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<v Speaker 1>has charging on her kitchen table. That's the fire department

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<v Speaker 1>and the code is for a structure fire, a big one.

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<v Speaker 1>So and leaps out of bed and she responds. Seconds later,

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<v Speaker 1>she is dressed and running to the car. Just got

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<v Speaker 1>toned out for a structure fire. Mutual A two East

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<v Speaker 1>Hampton running out of the door. Now, right now it's February.

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<v Speaker 1>There's snow on the ground, there's lots of ice. It's

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<v Speaker 1>about fifteen degrees outside. It's gonna be a cold one.

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<v Speaker 1>We see in my car now is actually three am.

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<v Speaker 1>You get these calls in your heart is racing because

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<v Speaker 1>you're so amped up. Structure fires do not come around

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<v Speaker 1>every day, but for the last two years, Anna has

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<v Speaker 1>been an on call firefighter here in Southampton. She's not

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<v Speaker 1>your typical firefighter or a typical person you'd see on

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<v Speaker 1>a roadside construction crew. She's short, she's about five to

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<v Speaker 1>She actually describes herself as fun sized. Regardless, she says

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<v Speaker 1>she's usually the first at the station when there's a call.

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<v Speaker 1>The other guys they need to get up, go to

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<v Speaker 1>the bathroom. It sounds terrible to say, and I'm super

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<v Speaker 1>excited because I love fighting fires, like it's just I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so passionate about it. But it's terrible at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>because this means someone's property is on fire. Garage, barn,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know, but that's on fire. So well, we're

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<v Speaker 1>about to see what it actually is. But all right,

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<v Speaker 1>I am here to turn empty. So today we follow

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<v Speaker 1>Anna Nadler as she juggles her life as an engineer

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<v Speaker 1>her love for running into burning buildings and being an

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<v Speaker 1>unexpected person to do both. An update for you now

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<v Speaker 1>in a house fire in East Hampton that we told

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<v Speaker 1>you about on twentyes T News this morning, according to

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<v Speaker 1>East Hampton Fire Chief David Botter, everyone made it out safely.

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<v Speaker 1>Three firefighters, though had minor injuries, and one had to

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<v Speaker 1>be taken to the hospital with neck and shoulder injuries

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<v Speaker 1>after part of the home ceiling collapsed on top of him.

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<v Speaker 1>What you're hearing now is from a local news report

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<v Speaker 1>on the fire that Anna just responded to, and before

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<v Speaker 1>you get worried, she did not get hurt. Everyone was okay.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the other firefighters she knew at the scene

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<v Speaker 1>was transported to the hospital but was totally okay. Shortly after.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an old home that caught fire quick. Anna

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<v Speaker 1>was inside fighting the fire and then on the roof,

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<v Speaker 1>ripping off siding so that the fire didn't spread. I

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<v Speaker 1>asked her when she was a kid if she ever

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<v Speaker 1>imagined her future self on top of a smoldering building

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<v Speaker 1>at three in the morning. Oh God, no, I I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how I got here. I do, and I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was a little girl. There are two things

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to do in my life. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>paint houses with polka dots. I painted houses in the

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<v Speaker 1>summers and I loved it, Like I think paintings really relaxing.

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<v Speaker 1>I never got to do the polka dots, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I got past that. But definitely not what I want

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<v Speaker 1>to do forty hours a week. And I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be a firefighter. She says it started when she was

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<v Speaker 1>really young. She had a deep infatuation with fire trucks.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, whenever you can ask my mother about this

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<v Speaker 1>or my siblings, whenever I heard sirens, I sprinted to

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<v Speaker 1>the window to watch it, and like prayed that they

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<v Speaker 1>would go by on our street. I loved fire trucks.

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<v Speaker 1>And I didn't really necessarily see me putting on gear

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<v Speaker 1>and go into a call, but just something I was

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<v Speaker 1>always really curious about as far as gear goes. Anna

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<v Speaker 1>is proud to say that she has the smallest boots

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<v Speaker 1>ever worn at the station. Anna is always smiling. She's

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<v Speaker 1>got pale blue eyes, dark hair, and she's always been

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<v Speaker 1>little and growing up that was a big part of

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<v Speaker 1>her identity, especially at the Catholic school she went to

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<v Speaker 1>in southern Vermont. I remember being picked on because I

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<v Speaker 1>was little a lot, like girls were pissed that I

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<v Speaker 1>could fit into like smaller size clothes, and I'm like, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>I fit in kids size, Like I'm not even in

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<v Speaker 1>the teen section yet, so you really shouldn't be picking

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<v Speaker 1>on me. She also very plainly describes her younger self

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<v Speaker 1>as a nerd. Well, I had glasses and then I braces,

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<v Speaker 1>and I definitely had some ugly banks for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>so definitely a nerd. I was very very quiet, so

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<v Speaker 1>I just was kind of hiding in the corner, didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do. I was a hot ticket and

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<v Speaker 1>now I wear a hard hat, just like she couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>really imagine being an actual firefighter when she was young.

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<v Speaker 1>She really never saw herself in a hard hat with

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<v Speaker 1>command over construction sites, repairing roads and demolishing bridges. And

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly kind of accidentally made my way into engineering

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<v Speaker 1>because Mr Hodgkins from high school shout out to him.

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<v Speaker 1>He convinced me to take AP physics and I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know a little bit about physics, but like I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I took it, and I like, we'll wave

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<v Speaker 1>my nerd flag. Hardcore right now. I'm I was fascinated

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<v Speaker 1>that I could throw a ball in the air and

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<v Speaker 1>figure out like when it was going to come down

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<v Speaker 1>and where like. That was so cool to me. When

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<v Speaker 1>she got to college at the University of Vermont, an

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<v Speaker 1>advisor saw her love for physics and convinced her to

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<v Speaker 1>go into engineering. She was really drawn to civil engineering,

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<v Speaker 1>especially the transportation aspect, so she did a rotating fellowship

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<v Speaker 1>down here in Southampton to try all the different jobs

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<v Speaker 1>at the field, and tails, you know it was. I

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<v Speaker 1>was stuck behind a desk a lot of it. And

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<v Speaker 1>then finally construction came along and I was on Interstate

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<v Speaker 1>ninety one and I was like, just in love. It

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<v Speaker 1>was amazing. I loved going into work, I love seeing

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<v Speaker 1>the job. I loved watching it progressed. So when that

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<v Speaker 1>rotation finished, she chose to go into the construction side

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<v Speaker 1>of engineering full time, and she moved here to Southampton.

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<v Speaker 1>The day I was with her, she brought me over

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<v Speaker 1>to her current project. She's wearing a hard hat, a

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<v Speaker 1>white one, which is generally the color that engineers wear.

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<v Speaker 1>She's got a neon vest on, and we're walking on

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<v Speaker 1>an aging bridge that they're preparing to demolish so that

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<v Speaker 1>they can put in a new one. Everything out with

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<v Speaker 1>the old, in with the new. It was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time that I really thought about everything that goes into

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<v Speaker 1>a job like that. Diverting traffic alone for months on

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<v Speaker 1>end seems like a daunting test, and it's just one

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<v Speaker 1>of many utility relocation. We gotta do the gas main

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<v Speaker 1>move that, We're gonna start demoing the bridge itself. Then

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<v Speaker 1>we'll rebuild that portion of the bridge. Flip flop, demo

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<v Speaker 1>the other half, rebuild that half, so then the bridge

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<v Speaker 1>itself will be complete. Going from there were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of trees that needed to be cleared. They're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to redo all the roads around the bridges completely to

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<v Speaker 1>reach quality standards. They have to put totally new traffic

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<v Speaker 1>signals in both intersections. The list goes on and on

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of everything on this job. Mhm. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a lot of people get frustrated seeing those big

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<v Speaker 1>orange signs say construction zone ahead. It means delays and

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<v Speaker 1>where you need to go, or you just go by

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<v Speaker 1>not thinking much at all about what they're doing there.

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<v Speaker 1>Anna is fine with that. She's actually got a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>romantic view on what she does it's infectious. I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of say a construction job is kind of like a baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that I have kids, but I could. I would imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like you just see it, and you see

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<v Speaker 1>it from the beginning, before it's even a thing. You

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<v Speaker 1>see it. It's just paper, and you want to grow

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<v Speaker 1>up to be a big, beautiful job. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>then when it's done, you're like, you drive by it.

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<v Speaker 1>No one else thinks about it. You know, if it

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<v Speaker 1>saves five minutes off their trip a day, like, that's awesome,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can look at and be like, yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>was a part of that. That's my baby, that's my baby.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're talking. Anna is the only woman on the

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<v Speaker 1>job site. I guess the guys there are your stereotypical

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<v Speaker 1>construction workers men, probably between twenty and fifty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone she talks to here clearly has a deep respect

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<v Speaker 1>for her, but who she is is something that she

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<v Speaker 1>has to deal with as she meets new people all

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<v Speaker 1>the time for this job. People that don't know me

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<v Speaker 1>often think that I'm here as an intern, or people

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<v Speaker 1>will ask if I'm at work with my father. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I get that a lot, just because I guess I

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<v Speaker 1>look young. But to me, it's just going to work

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<v Speaker 1>like everyone else does. I go to work and I

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<v Speaker 1>do my job. What does it matter what I look

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<v Speaker 1>like her? If I'm a girl or a boy, you

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<v Speaker 1>get someone um like Annon here, it kind of changes

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<v Speaker 1>that stereotypical idea you have of an engineer. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Anna's boss, Jim Hoy, I'm the assistant construction engineer for

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<v Speaker 1>District two. Jim says, if people underestimate her, it really

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't last long. She's one of the more knowledgeable people

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<v Speaker 1>he's worked with, and she's contagiously happy in the workplace. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>she She definitely livens up your day. Stealing it from

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<v Speaker 1>the old Orange Juice commercial. You know, at a day

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<v Speaker 1>without Anna is like a day without sunshine, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>He says he was originally worried that she would be

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<v Speaker 1>two nice and would have trouble holding contractors to their agreements,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a big part of the job. But he

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<v Speaker 1>found out pretty quick and she has no problem laying

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<v Speaker 1>down the law. Definitely, she does it in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't even know she's getting what she wants.

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<v Speaker 1>We're walking back to the car and someone Anna knows

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<v Speaker 1>is yelling to her from the other side of the

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<v Speaker 1>job site. It's a local police sergeant who looks over

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<v Speaker 1>the construction cruise around here. He and Anna worked together

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. I asked him to tell me what he

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<v Speaker 1>thought of Anna. Tough as a cab, smart, and she'll

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<v Speaker 1>call you out when you're not doing your job. That's

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<v Speaker 1>who Anna is. She ever call you out? No, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always doing my job. I couldn't have enough good

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<v Speaker 1>things to say about her. And then he said that

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<v Speaker 1>she just made him a nice cap. Mean, she made

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<v Speaker 1>you a nice cap. She may be a nice thin

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<v Speaker 1>blue line of police cap like she knit it. She

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<v Speaker 1>knit it. Yeah, she knits still, She's an engineer, she knits,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a firefighter. She does it all. What else? What

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<v Speaker 1>else can you ask for a woman? One day in

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand seventeen, Anna was parking her car for work

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<v Speaker 1>at the fire department, which was close by to the

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<v Speaker 1>job site she was working. The fire captain was there

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<v Speaker 1>and they started talking and he offered her a tour

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<v Speaker 1>of the station. He said that they were always looking

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<v Speaker 1>for volunteers, people to train to respond to local fires

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<v Speaker 1>whenever they could. I filled that application out broad The

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<v Speaker 1>next day. I remember calling my sister freaking help being like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, Meg, and you'll never guess that just happened,

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<v Speaker 1>like screaming, I was so excited, and she's like, that's

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<v Speaker 1>like the least surprising thing you could have done. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>And now back to our story m h two years

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<v Speaker 1>after joining the fire department and a regularly response to

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<v Speaker 1>calls boots, turn out pants, put on just spenders, bell girl,

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<v Speaker 1>clip jacket, zip flap at the top, helmet, run to

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<v Speaker 1>the truck and go oh. In case it's not clear here,

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<v Speaker 1>that's Anna driving the fire truck. It's one of her

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<v Speaker 1>favorite parts of the job. The people she grew up

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<v Speaker 1>with are pretty surprised when they hear that she can

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<v Speaker 1>drive one. Even her mom can't get used to it.

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<v Speaker 1>When Anna's visiting back home. Yeah, I was bringing my

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<v Speaker 1>mom to a doctor's him and I was backing into

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<v Speaker 1>a parking spot a parking garage, and my mom is

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<v Speaker 1>being a typical mother and she's like watch yourself, Like

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<v Speaker 1>are you sure you have an of space? I'm like, Mom,

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<v Speaker 1>I drive a freaking fire truck. I think I can

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<v Speaker 1>back into a parking space with your little sedan. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a badass. She's a badass, no doubt about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's in his Captain Patrick Eli. He's the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>first gave Anna the application in the parking lot and

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<v Speaker 1>has trained and since the start, and she has been

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<v Speaker 1>just awesome part of this fire department. She's very much

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<v Speaker 1>involved with all aspects. She has proven herself on multiple

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<v Speaker 1>different occasions to be dependable. You know, if somebody was down,

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<v Speaker 1>she'd do everything she could to get you out and

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<v Speaker 1>she wouldn't leave you. So she's very dependable, and I

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<v Speaker 1>find her extremely tough with a with a gentle undertone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just the way I see her. So Pat is

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<v Speaker 1>not the only one. Just like in her construction work,

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<v Speaker 1>whoever knows Anna and Caesar and Action has a deep

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<v Speaker 1>respect for her no matter who she is or what

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<v Speaker 1>she looks like. You know, the thing is is when

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<v Speaker 1>you put a mask on your face and you put

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<v Speaker 1>your helmet on, you're you're just like the next guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and no one's gonna deaf and differentiate between that. As

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<v Speaker 1>long as you're doing the job, there is no differentiation.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you can't tell who's who's most of the

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<v Speaker 1>time when you're fully geared up with your air pack

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<v Speaker 1>on and and gloves and helmet. I mean, unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>especially in a smoky environment and you're just hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>person behind he knows her job. I definitely stand out

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<v Speaker 1>because they're like, wow, that's a really little guy. Like

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<v Speaker 1>there was one fire where they took a picture of

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<v Speaker 1>a group of us, and I'm like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>like like a child. You know, there's that, But then

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<v Speaker 1>I could find really small spaces, so like, there's pros

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<v Speaker 1>to it. In the last two years, Anna's responded to

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere between a hundred fifty and two hundred calls, and

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<v Speaker 1>when she talks about all this, she gets this really intense,

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<v Speaker 1>slightly maniacal look in her eyes. I want to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to do it. I asked her if she

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<v Speaker 1>remembers the first time she responded to a fire call.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I was so excited. That sounds terrible

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I mean, I was just like, the adrenaline

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<v Speaker 1>is unbelievable. Most of the fires, the bigger structure of fires.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had our middle of the night, so you're passed

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<v Speaker 1>out and you just hear the tone. You wake up

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<v Speaker 1>and you hear structure fire. You here. You hear that,

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<v Speaker 1>and you go from like sleepy too awake. In your

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<v Speaker 1>heart is racing. So you're just trying to get everything together,

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<v Speaker 1>get out the door, get there to get your engine

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<v Speaker 1>and go. That first fire, it was a big one

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<v Speaker 1>in a smaller town. It was a house on top

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<v Speaker 1>of a hill. I remember looking up on the hill

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<v Speaker 1>and you just saw the light from the fire, so

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<v Speaker 1>you just saw it burning. You saw some of the smoke,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was just this glow really, so it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, and just kind of like almost speechless, awestruck.

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<v Speaker 1>You watch it grow and you see it and it's

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<v Speaker 1>almost pretty in a way, and then you're like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not though, because it's destroying someone's property. But you just

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<v Speaker 1>you can see how you can lose something so quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want those calls, but also like that's what

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<v Speaker 1>you do. It's like an adrenaline rush to get them

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<v Speaker 1>because you know it's gonna be chaos, it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a really intense situation. But it's also heartbreaking because you

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<v Speaker 1>see somebody that's losing everything. That house was total aws,

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<v Speaker 1>it burned to the ground. Pretty much, when someone calls

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<v Speaker 1>nine when one they're having the worst day of their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody calls nine when one because they're having a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>Fire Captain Patrick Eli again, who's in charge of training

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<v Speaker 1>recruits like Anna for moments like that, And one thing

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<v Speaker 1>I tell new people it's not your emergency, it's their emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the person responsible for making a difference for that

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<v Speaker 1>person's day. That's why we do training on such a

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<v Speaker 1>regular basis, so that we're all on the same page

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<v Speaker 1>about things. Um. But the reason is that you're extremely

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<v Speaker 1>proficient because you only have seconds to make a difference.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of work environments are collaborative, but as far

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<v Speaker 1>as civilian jobs go, this is one where you depend

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<v Speaker 1>on the person next to you for survival. Absolutely, you

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<v Speaker 1>have to trust these people. It's life and death. So

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<v Speaker 1>they are your family and you were really lucky to

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<v Speaker 1>have each other. They welcome you in and they include

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<v Speaker 1>you with everything. And again, I think you just see

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<v Speaker 1>things that most people don't see, so you have that

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<v Speaker 1>unique bond built in that you don't share with everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Regardless of volunteering to run into a burning building, being

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<v Speaker 1>a firefighter has nothing to do with having a death wish.

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<v Speaker 1>No firefighter will tell you that it does, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>close to death. It's a job where you have to

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<v Speaker 1>look at right in the face in order to be

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<v Speaker 1>good at what you do. Anna knows that, and despite

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<v Speaker 1>her job, she says she really doesn't think about it

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<v Speaker 1>that much. The thing is, you have a choice. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go. When you go I think there's some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of plan or whatever. So I mean, if I have

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<v Speaker 1>to go and it's doing what I love, like, what

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<v Speaker 1>more can I ask for? Do you think you'll ever

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<v Speaker 1>stop fighting fires? God? I hope not. I imagine you

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<v Speaker 1>as a like a little old granny in in full

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<v Speaker 1>gear running into a fire. That would be so awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I think as far as jobs go, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of stereotypes about who works different jobs or who's allowed to.

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<v Speaker 1>We have sub conscious images in our heads of what

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<v Speaker 1>a plumber looks like, what a secretary looks like, what

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<v Speaker 1>a politician looks like. Anna Adler is just one of

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<v Speaker 1>the many people who can remind us that those stereotypes

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<v Speaker 1>are nonsense. The only thing they do is prevent people

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<v Speaker 1>from picturing themselves in the jobs that they truly want

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<v Speaker 1>to do and should be doing. There are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people along the way that tell you can't do

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<v Speaker 1>things just go right through. You gotta you gotta keep going.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether she's wearing a hard hat at a bridge demolition

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<v Speaker 1>or behind the wheel of a fire truck, Anna Nadler

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<v Speaker 1>might not be who you expect to see doing that job,

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<v Speaker 1>but she is exactly the person that you want doing them.

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<v Speaker 1>Not everybody wants to run into a burning building. So

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<v Speaker 1>if I have that desire to do that and help

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<v Speaker 1>out people, if I can, how could I not act

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<v Speaker 1>upon that? You know, not many people want to because

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<v Speaker 1>you sound like your nuts if you do. So, If

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<v Speaker 1>I have that urge and that drive to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>how could I not do that? Do you see? It's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a responsibility. Yeah, I feel obligated to. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm willing to do it, So how could I not?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, do you want to run into a burning building?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious? But if I was in front of it,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Only one way to find out. For

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<v Speaker 1>On the Job from a comfy chair in a room

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<v Speaker 1>that's not on fire. I'm Otis Gray. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to On the Job, brought to you by Express Employment Professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>Find out more at Express pros dot com. This season

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<v Speaker 1>of On the Job is produced by Audiation and dread

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<v Speaker 1>is Otis Gray. The show is mixed by Matt Noble

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