Both Sides of the Fire Line: Memoir of a Transgender Firefighter

A transgender firefighter shares her riveting story of battling wildfires and finding her true self.

Bobbie Scopa spent close to five decades working through nearly every challenge a firefighter can face. She was a strike team leader for the Dude Fire in 1990, where six firefighters were tragically killed, and she served at Ground Zero immediately after 9/11. She’s worked mountain rescues, city fires, mega-wildfires, and everything in between.

While battling conditions and harsh flames on the...