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It's already getting hot when the class runs into the weight room. Less than halfway through their morning physical-training regimen, sweat darkens the cadets' gray T-shirts. The future Santa Fe firefighters still have an hour to go before they get to sit down, and making it through the morning drilling of a training instructor is a mental challenge as much as a physical one.
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