Updated 9 January 2024
BUDDHISM AND FIRE SERVICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE CHAPLAINCY
For information on Buddhism and Fire Services and Fire Departments and Fire Chaplaincy, see publications in the bibliography below.
Bibliography
2016 3 March “Buddhism in the UK Fire and Rescue Services” by Jacquetta Gomes
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhism-in-the-uk-fire-and-rescue-services
https://www2.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhism-in-the-uk-fire-and-rescue-services
“Buddhist Engagement with Emergency Services”, Hersch Wilson Trike Daily, 4 January 2022.
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/buddhist-fire-chaplains/
“Faith and Fire”, World Congress of Faiths News and Views, (June 2019) page 6.
https://www.worldfaiths.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WCF-June-news-and-views-web-version.pdf
2022 4 August “Faith and Spiritual Care for First Responders”
https://www.faithaction.net/news/general/2022/08/04/faith-and-spiritual-care-for-first-responders/
First Woman in FIRST WOMEN: The first women in law, government, the professions and other notable posts, achievements and matters of interest by Carrie de Silva.
https://carriedesilva.weebly.com/
https://carriedesilva.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/2/7/142722659/women_firsts.pdf
“First Women: Jacquetta Gomes: the Female Buddhist Fire Chaplain”, World Congress of Faiths News and Views, (December 2019) page 5.
http://www.worldfaiths.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/WCF-December-news-and-views.pdf
“Have faith”, Fire, (April 2018) pages 36-37. (Part of Focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing)
https://www.fire-magazine.com/
“The History and Development of Faith and Fire”, Fire Times, (December 2014/January 2015) page 15.
2016 6 January “Meeting our Neighbours: Faith and Fire”
https://www.faithaction.net/blog/2016/01/06/meeting-members-faith-fire/
“Jacquetta Gomes”
https://www.infinite-women.com/?s=Jacquetta+Gomes
https://www.infinite-women.com/women/jacquetta-gomes/
https://www.infinite-women.com/category/religion/
https://www.infinite-women.com/tag/buddhist/
https://www.infinite-women.com/
“Jacquetta Gomes – A World’s First”
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/about-us/culture-change/100-pioneering-women-of-sussex/
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/jacquetta-gomes-a-worlds-first/
“Jacquetta Gomes, Sangha [Community of Buddhist Monks] Authorized Dhamma Teacher in Theravada Buddhism and Fire Chaplain”
https://www.womentowork.co.uk/inspiring_women/jacquetta-gomes-sangha-community-of-buddhist-monks-authorized-dhamma-teacher-in-theravada-buddhism-and-fire-chaplain/
https://www.womentowork.co.uk/our-round-up-of-inspiring-women-2018/
“Q & A with Jacquetta Gomes The first female Buddhist fire chaplain”, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, (Spring 2016) pages 22-23.
https://tricycle.org/magazine/qa-jacquetta-gomes/
https://tricycle.org/tag/buddhist-chaplain/
Religion, Belief and Culture in our Community: Understanding, respecting and valuing the diverse cultures of the United Kingdom. Published by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. (Third edition 2019).
https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/News/focus-on-faith-during-inter-faith-week https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC%20Guidance%20publications/Workforce/Equality/Faithguide_National_FINAL.pdf
“What a Chaplain looks Like: Jacquetta Gomes”
https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/projects/jacquetta-gomes
https://chaplaincyinnovation.org/this-chaplain
Women in British Buddhism, Caroline Starkey, 2019. (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series) (ISBN: 978-1-138-08746-0).
https://www.routledge.com/Women-in-British-Buddhism-Commitment-Connection-Community/Starkey/p/book/9781138087460