Do you remember what it was like to be a probie? Most firefighters do, if only to recall the relief they felt when that first year was over.
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On this edition of Code 3, we talk with two probies. Samantha Vargas is just weeks into her career with the Prescott Fire Department; Kayleen Weiland is eight months along with the Central Arizona Fire & Medical Authority.
Both are in departments with few other women serving. But they don’t seem to worry about that. They feel like a part of the team.
On the right, Vargas mops-up a small wildland fire caused by a bird nesting on a power line, April 22, 2017.