Florida Department Lays Off 35 Firefighters

Aug. 18, 2009
Thirty-five Lehigh Acres, Fla. firefighters were laid off this morning.

Thirty-five Lehigh Acres, Fla. firefighters were laid off this morning, according to WBBH-TV.

The station reported that department spokesman Patrick Comer -- who was among those fired -- said three administrative staff members and a maintenance worker also were let go.

All 39 employees are on administrative leave starting today through Aug. 31. As of Sept. 1, all of them will be off the payroll.

Sources told WBBH-TV that Chief Don Adams is closing one firehouse and dropping one ambulance from another.

Lehigh employed roughly 100 firefighters before the layoffs.

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