Council Drops Firefighter Age Requirement To 18 Years Old

Clarion Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger
Wed, 04/25/2018 - 8:34am

"If you can be trained to fight a war at 18 years old, you can be trained to fight a fire at 18 years old," Councilman De'Keither Stamps said.

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