Back in '96 I was laid off with 18 other Firefighters. Sucked.
Took me almost 2 years before I got rehired.
As a result of the layoff, we permanently lost 2 Fire Stations and the number of Firefighters went down from 140 to our current 115-120.
And like most jobs today, we’ve had more duties/training added to our job.
Stuff like “WMD” (Weapons of Mass Destruction), “Dangers of Meth Labs”, “HIV/H1N1(Swine Flu) Exposure”, etc.
I’m not complaining though, at least I have a job …