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| Zero to 16 -- the original cut of the controversial story from Ground Zero-- released for the first time on DVD |
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| Emergency Agency representatives: to order your complimentary copy of Zero to 16, please email us with your group's contact information and phone number. |
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| Director's Note: I first met Amy Steelman while she was working at her Indiana firehouse in the spring of 1996. At that time she was a Lieutenant, who managed her department's cadet program -- an incubator for high school students who had an interest in firefighting. During our time together she proved herself to me as a firefighter and EMT many times over, and anyone who's met her personally knows exactly what I mean The woman has firefighting blood in her veins, and I am proud to have called her my partner and wife. |
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| Amy Steelman's life has been unlike most other women. She has fought fires, saved lives, raised two children and is now blazing trails in one of America's fastest growing trends, reality TV. |
| The following bios were written and prepared by Kent Martin, Fleishman-Hillard, as part of a press package to promote the release of the home video series "Beyond The Yellow Tape." |
| Amy, the firefighter, began her career in suburban Indianapolis with the White River Township Fire Department. There she trained as a firefighter and EMT and remained active until moving to St. Louis. Amy trained at various facilities including Broward County Fire & Rescue (rope rescue) and Williams Fire and Safety (flammable liquid fires.) Until September 2002, she served as a member of the Kennett Fire Department in suburban Philadelphia. |
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| She is a prolific writer, whose interest in firefighter safety and health has often spawned controversy. But she loves the fire-rescue services and credits her male counterparts for helping makethe transition into her new family a lot easier. |
| �For me, the most overwhelming amount of faith and encouragement has come from my male counterparts.� Amy writes. �To them, I owe my success and my undying gratitude.� |
| Amy, the broadcaster, has devoted her time during the past 8 years to producing Beyond The Yellow Tape and developing reality segments for programs like Real-TV, Inferno and Savage Fury. Her perspective as a female in the fire service is both refreshing and enlightening - proving beyond a doubt that a woman can retain her femininity while forging her way through a predominantly male-oriented vocation. |
| Read Amy's Features |
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| Lou Angeli has been involved in firefighting and television production most of his life. His vast personal experience as a firefighter and an emergency medical technician enables him to capture dramatic situations in powerfully realistic videos, which have earned him a number of industry awards. |
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| Lou, the firefighter, began his firefighting career as a reserve firefighter with Wilmington, Delaware�s career Fire Department. He trained at the Delaware State Fire School, the National Fire Academy and the Swedish Fire-Rescue Training Center. As a volunteer, he served as a member of the Mill Creek Fire Company (Delaware) and Kennett Fire Department (Pennsylvania). In total 27 years of service to the community on the fire engine - not standing on the corner behind the lens. |
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| Lou, the cameraman, has contributed to programs like ABC's 20/20, Dateline: NBC, Rescue/911, Inferno, and Real-TV. During his television career, he has been a studio director for Philadelphia's PBS station, a remote director for ESPN, and a documentary cameraman for CNN. He also served as Executive Producer for the Firehouse Video Training System, the nation�s first accredited firefighter video training series. |
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| Lou, the writer, provides the reader a riveting peek at life deep inside the trenches of emergency response. He has been referred to as the firefighters� storyteller, and his written work includes breaking news, features, fiction � but most importantly articles dealing with firefighter safety. |
| On September 11, 2002, while a member of the Kennett Fire Company in suburban Philadelphia, Lou Angeli left fire-rescue as an active member. He continues as a filmmaker and serves as a firefighter safety advocate. He now resides in Scranton, Pennsylvania. |
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