Warren receives fed grant to return laid-off firefighters, hire new ones

WARREN — Jeremy Rodgers is going back to work as a city firefighter, and he can’t wait to return to the job.

“I can’t even explain it,” Rodgers said of his impending return. “It will be a blessing for my family.”

Since being let go in early 2009, Rodgers has worked part time for two other fire departments and a police department, he said. He started with the department in 2002.

The city received a grant of nearly $5 million that the Warren City Fire Department will use to recall Rodgers and 10 other laid-off firefighters and hire 13 new ones.

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