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Firefighting Isnt Glamorous By Ann Schrader
Ann Schrader documents a Cedar Rapids Fire Department training exercise with rookies at a mid block house slated for demolition. The piece covers gear, breathing apparatus, and the challenge of entering a smoke filled building while noting a new state law restricting such training after July 1. It also recounts a first woman firefighter participation in Cedar Rapids and the instructors guiding the exercise.
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Fire Department
Midway Drive
Shelley Lane
Edsel McMickle
James Asher
Usher
Herman Frueh
Phil Bode
Cedar Rapids
Frueh
Bode
John Hanlon
Kevin Christenson
Donald Lacy
William Schlichting
Lacy
Schlichting
Ann
James Usher
Gazette
Ann Schrader