Florida Firefighters Could Work as Correctional Officers to Save Jobs
The Volusia County Council is recruiting 18 of its firefighter to become correctional officers in order to avoid further layoffs, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.The county's jail system is experiencing a shortage of workers and the council has agreed to pay close to $1,700 to train the firefighters as correctional officers. The taining and certification process would take the recruits 14 weeks to complete.