{"id":15597,"date":"2024-01-05T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=15597"},"modified":"2024-01-05T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:55:14","slug":"miami-firefighter-hopes-to-inspire-more-female-first-responders-with-authentic-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/01\/miami-firefighter-hopes-to-inspire-more-female-first-responders-with-authentic-dolls.html","title":{"rendered":"Miami Firefighter Hopes to Inspire More Female First Responders With Authentic Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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America is proud of its first responders and depends on them, but it may come as a surprise that relatively few of them are female. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Tina Guiler discussed the lack of women in fire departments during an interview with Fox News Digital. The paramedic and firefighter for over 24 years shared that women make up only about six to eight percent of all firefighters across the country.<\/p>\n

During her decades in the fire service, Guiler said she has been challenged repeatedly to validate the existence of female firefighters. She said, \u201cI get asked constantly, \u2018Are you really a firefighter?\u2019 or I hear, \u2018I didn\u2019t know girls can be firefighters.\u2019\u201d To help change this perception and encourage more women to enter the field, Guiler decided to create a line of dolls. The Triple F dolls come in three different characters, Molly, Ash, and Ember, all with authentic firefighting gear and logos from the original Triple F Facebook group.<\/p>\n

Guiler said, \u201cThese are the most authentic female firefighter plush dolls in the world. They look exactly like firefighters.\u201d Guiler specifically designed each doll, naming Ember and Ash after fire references and Molly after the first known female firefighter in the United States, Molly Williams. Inspiration for the dolls originally sprouted from a Facebook group that one of Guiler\u2019s colleagues created in 2013 to support fellow female firefighters. As the group, called Triple F, or \u201cFierce Female Firefighters,\u201d grew in popularity, Guiler eventually took over.<\/p>\n