THA #89 - Tina Guiler was hired as a firefighter by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, in Miami, FL, in 1999. In 2003, she achieved her pumper driver certification and became a paramedic. Guiler was promoted to lieutenant in 2004. She worked on trucks for 18 years and then bid into the fire prevention division in 2017. Guiler now works as a fire inspector, inspecting all new construction buildings in Miami. She also is part of the department’s peer support team. In 2015, she started Triple F (Fierce Female Firefighters). In 2018, Guiler was diagnosed with breast cancer that resulted from her firefighting duties. After going through chemotherapy, surgeries and radiation treatments, she now is cancer free and now an entrepreneur.

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