Summer Heat Puts Teen Girls Through Firefighters' Paces

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › July 27, 2010

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Crowded in the shade of the fire department's training tower, six teenage girls crouched on the ground, concentrating on how to rescue their pretend victims. Weighed down with 40 pounds of bunker gear - fire-proof gloves, jackets, trousers and helmets - the girls struggled to lift each victim and carry her to safety.

Then one carrier let go of a leg, the girls' concentration broke, and they all burst into fits of giggles.

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Summer Heat Puts Teen Girls Through Firefighters' Paces

They are teenagers after all, and that's what Rachael Staebell thinks is so great. Staebell is vice president of Summer Heat, the wee...

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