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  • Firefighters walk in front of the Strawberry store and post office during backfire operations on the Caldor Fire near Strawberry, California, on Saturday, August 28, 2021.
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  • Firefighting crews perform back burn operations behind the Strawberry store in Strawberry, California, on Saturday, August 28, 2021. Firefighters are lighting the fires to help contain the Caldor Fire.
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  • Firefighting crews perform back burn operations behind the Strawberry store in Strawberry, California, on Saturday, August 28, 2021. Firefighters are lighting the fires to help contain the Caldor Fire.
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  • Firefighting crews perform back burn operations behind the Strawberry store and post office in Strawberry, California, on Saturday, August 28, 2021. Firefighters are lighting the fires to help contain the Caldor Fire.
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  • Kali Disparte looks through the carnage of the Donnell Fire at the Clark Fork campground in California’s Stanislaus National Forest on Thursday, August 16, 2018. <br />
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The 24-year old transgender seasonal firefighter with BLM/Inyo National Forest wants to make a career out of fighting blazes, something that wasn’t originally in his plans.<br />
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Born in Okinawa, Japan, into a military family, Disparte is the youngest of eight children and lives in Palmdale during his off-season. This 24-year-old transgender wildland firefighter didn’t consider a career in fire until he attended Antelope Valley College where he completed Los Angeles County’s structure fire academy.<br />
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“I do want firefighting to be a long-term career, whether it’s in wildland like I am right now or structure,” Disparte said. <br />
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His career goal is to keep moving up and learning about every aspect of fire that he can. He looks up to, and admires people, who are willing to teach and give back to the fire community and help those that are trying to get into the fire world.<br />
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Disparte transitioned between his first and second year as a firefighter, and said, “As I got older, I got stronger. The more I came out, the more I got stronger and the more people supported me, like two of my sisters,” Disparte said. “And now my fire family.”<br />
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From "Gender Diversity on the Fire Line" for High Country News.
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  • A spectator watches the Hunter Creek Fire from a NW Reno apartment complex on Thursday, June 22, 2017. The fire is burning west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on U.S. Forest Service land. According to a Truckee Meadows Fire representative, the cause of the fire is not known, but the point of origin is known. The blaze is estimated at 250 acres and is approximately 35% contained. No structures have been damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor heat-related injury. At least eight agencies are battling the fire. Washoe County park and trail access is unavailable until investigation and operations are complete.
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  • An American flag and an oak tree remain intact in an area burned during the Moc Fire. The fire started near San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy Power and Water structures along Hwy 49 in Moccasin, California, on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
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  • Angeles National Forest Engine 326 firefighter, Jasmine Lemus, mops up hot spots on the Donnell Fire near Baker Station, Dardanelle, California, on Friday, August 10, 2018.<br />
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The Donnell Fire started August 1, 2018, and has burned 35,684 acres, destroying 54 structures, with four reported injuries. <br />
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From "Gender Diversity on the Fire Line" for High Country News.
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  • June 22, 2017<br />
A helicopter works its way back to collect water to drop on the Hunter Creek Fire, which is burning just west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. According to a Truckee Meadows Fire representative, the cause of the fire is not known, but the point of origin is known. The blaze is estimated at 250 acres and is approximately 35% contained and is burning on U.S. Forest Service land. No structures have been damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor heat-related injury. At least eight agencies are battling the fire. Washoe County park and trail access is unavailable until investigation and operations are complete.
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  • September 4, 2014<br />
Cal Fire firefighters watch as a helicopter gets water out of Don Pedro Reservoir in an effort to contain the Jackson Fire near Moccasin Point in Tuolumne County, California. The fire was believed to have started at approximately 11:30 am on Thursday, September 4, 2014. The cause of the fire is unknown. By 4:00 pm, the fire had grown to approximately 100 acres, and though structures were threatened, none were believed to have been lost. Moccasin Point is located at Don Pedro Reservoir, east of Modesto, near the Sierra Foothill communities of Sonora and Groveland.
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  • The sun sets behind the remnants of a home that burned along the western edge of Redding, California, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, after the Carr Fire swept through the neighborhood. The Carr Fire, which began on July 23, has burned more than 115,000 acres, destroying more than 1,000 residential structures.
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  • Angeles National Forest Engine 326 firefighter, Jasmine Lemus, mops up hot spots on the Donnell Fire near Baker Station, Dardanelle, California, on Friday, August 10, 2018.<br />
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The Donnell Fire started August 1, 2018, and has burned 35,684 acres, destroying 54 structures, with four reported injuries. <br />
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From "Gender Diversity on the Fire Line" for High Country News.
    Gender Diversity on the Fire Line.jpg
  • Angeles National Forest Engine 326 firefighter, Jasmine Lemus, moves through hot spots on the Donnell Fire near Baker Station, Dardanelle, California, on Friday, August 10, 2018.<br />
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The Donnell Fire started August 1, 2018, and has burned 35,684 acres, destroying 54 structures, with four reported injuries. <br />
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From "Gender Diversity on the Fire Line" for High Country News.
    Gender Diversity on the Fire Line.jpg
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