Boredom in online class led this #LetterfromtheHomefront contributor to searching for a job with the Baltimore County Fire Department. Owen Sahnow from Baltimore writes, "I got firsthand experience dealing with big city emergencies, the homeless population, and inefficient bureaucracy. We were supposed to wear goggles, an N95 mask, and a surgical mask to extend the life of the N95 on every single patient interaction."
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Image: Anderson Co. Fire Truck. Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department Inc. #2, 1951, PP30-160-51. Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, PP30, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.
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