Cobb fire has largest recruiting class in 28 years
There could be 52 new faces coming to save your behind in Cobb County soon.
This year’s Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services recruiting class was the largest since 1990, said Denell Boyd, agency spokeswoman.
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The typical class size is between 20 and 30, she said.
Boyd said such a large amount of hires was needed because of not only retirements but also a new station, No. 29, is on the way. Twenty-one of the new firefighters will go to the new station.
This latest class brings the agency’s total staff to 699 employees, she said.
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