Tina Guiler

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.