‘Yes I am a firefighter. No I’m not a man. Yes I am pregnant. No I don’t care if you don’t like it.’
A pregnant firefighter has hit back at critics who said she should not be helping fight the devastating Australia bushfires.
She wrote on Instagram: Residents defend a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 220 miles north of Sydney AdvertisementShe has volunteered with them for 11 years, following in the footsteps of her mother who also fought blazes while expecting. As well as a rebuke, she also posted several pictures of herself in firefighting gear on the way to an incident.‘I’m still in a position where I’m able to help so I will.‘I’ll stop when my body tells me to stop.’Volunteer firefighting runs in the family as Kat’s mother and grandmother are also helping the effort
‘My mum was also pregnant during the fire season of 1995. It kind of runs in the family,” she said. “When I was young, my grandma made a toddler size firefighter outfit for me.’She continued: ‘I’m hoping my child will follow, though that’s up to them.’
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