DeKalb County notified 82 firefighters they would be laid off, a second time in as many weeks.
The move is to help meet budget cuts, DeKalb spokesman Burke Brennan said.
In February, the county commission rejected a tax increase and cut $33.6 million from the budget, including about $7 million from the fire department.
Recruits were informed March 28 they would be laid off, but were reinstated by the end of the week, according to Audrey Starace, the wife of one of the recruits.
DeKalb Fire Chief Eddie O'Brien hoped to find an alternative source of funding to keep the recruits, but was unable to do so, Brennan said.
The group was notified Thursday their last day would be April 15.
"This is such a yo-yo," Starace said. "To have this happen again so soon is just unsettling."
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