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Newer Firefighters Protest Lowered Benefits for On-the-Job Disabilities

By SARAH DORSEY
Posted 3/23/15

When he became a Firefighter, Kevin Hamilton knew he was signing up for a risky job. But it wasn’t until he graduated from the Fire Academy in 2012 that he realized how much his loved ones would be at risk if he got hurt.

“I gotta think for my family,” he said last week, explaining that his three children between four and seven years old are relying on his income alone.

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