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Archive Home > 2006 > December > 09 > Becoming a firefighter

Becoming a firefighter

13 firefighters spend 11 hard weeks to earn spots at local departments

By By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
December 9, 2006

Three firefighters knelt at the bedroom doorway as flames danced up a closet wall and grazed the top of the ceiling.

They watched as the fire grew, filling the room with thick black smoke, which then covered the ceiling of the adjacent bedroom. Temperatures inside the room reached about 900....

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