Tiffany Roles arrived fresh off the ferry Nov. 1 to start her full-time job as a firefighter-EMT in Haines.

“As soon as I got off the ferry at 11, I drove over to the firehall and started work right then,” Roles said. “I did ambulance driving and driver training and cleanup and rig checks and all sorts of stuff.”

Roles, 25, previously had served on fire departments in Sitka and Juneau.

“I left high school…