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...grandfather, the rest of the family’s males joined the CFD—Uncle Willy Friel, two of his brothers, his cousin Ed, maybe a few other uncles. It’s hard to keep track, Brogan says, smiling. The black sheep was one uncle who left CFD for law school...
...even with his legacy, Brogan didn’t aim for the at first CFD. He joined the Navy instead. But by age 26—after taking a civil-service exam at his brother’s insistence—Brogan got a call from the CFD...
...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...
...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...