Travis County ESD 2 in Pflugerville saw its largest cadet class ever after dropping the requirement that applicants must already be certified as a firefighter and EMT. The certification process is now part of training.
In doing so, they meant to get more than 340 applicants, which resulted in 50 cadets.
"Because of the opportunity to get paid training, we open the window to these careers. It really accesses it to a group of folks who probably otherwise would’ve never considered this as a career," said chief Perkins. "That was huge because I was a stay at home mom before, and I didn’t have the money or time to get the certifications. They lifted that and made it a lot easier for me to go through this process, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for the last five years or so," said Brazziell."I have a wife and two daughters, so it definitely benefited me having some pay going through training," said recruit Salvatore Caputi.
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