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...side, Bowden studied for civil-service exams, poring over study guides and flying across the country to take the state-specific tests. She put many of her hopes in Cambridge. Because she was raised there, she knew she was able to meet CFD’s one-year residency requirement...
...seven years after first joining Yellowstone, Bowden received a voice mail during one weekly trip into town. CFD had called her over for more testing...
...Bowden arrived in Cambridge to be greeted by a barrage of psychological exams and interviews. Then came the Physical Abilities Test, which required Bowden to carry a ladder solo and drag a heavy dummy through a course alongside the other competitors, who she says were mostly...
...Bowden jumped, and by February, 2005, she and fewer than 20 others joined the ranks. Still, she reminds herself, she and the other newcomers are still firefighters on probation—she shortens it to “FFOP.” They won’t lose the “OP” until this fall...
...Bowden has yet to shed her rookie status, but she’s already left behind romantic notions of firefighting. She and her group work 7 a.m.-to-7 a.m. shifts nearly twice a week. Some of her colleagues work a second job on the side to fill their time and supplement the modest...