COLUMBIA — Rookie firefighter Samantha Lamp, 23, is the only woman of seven recruits hired by the Columbia Fire Department in the past year and a half. Lamp seems at ease in the male-dominated environment. Although her homemade chocolate chip cookies are a hit among her fellow firefighters, the traditionally feminine stuff takes a back seat to Lamp’s passion for firefighting.
VIDEO: Female firefighter feels at home in Columbia Fire Department
Saturday, April 17, 2010 | 3:34 p.m. CDT
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