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...What that means is that the boys have all the toys,” Bowden says. CFD firefighters get sent to pricey training programs in far-flung places like Alabama and Las Vegas, and they have access to water rescue equipment and other gadgets that firefighters at other fire departments can only dream...
...hallway office outside Brogan’s room, Bowden, the rookie, pulls up the sleeves of her CFD-issued sweatshirt, complete with denim patches and labels. She’s already soaked up the rhythm and ritual of the place, though she joined the CFD nearly two decades after her boss...
Growing up in Cambridge, Bowden listened to stories about her grandfather and the horses he used to care for at the Boston Fire Department. But beyond that and a love for the smoky flames and adrenaline, she lacked any connection to that world...
...college, Bowden trained rescue dogs before landing a spot as a medic at Professional Ambulance, a private company contracted by CFD. It was a step closer to her dream. On the job, Bowden met veteran firefighters. They told her that if she wanted to have a shot at their jobs, she needed to study—and get herself into a fire...
...Bowden says that, by the time she became interested in the job, the father-to-son mentality that allowed the same families to serve at CFD from generation to generation had eroded...