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Dixon Phillips is a former collegiate athlete, Pasco County firefighter and union board member.
In 2026, after realising both the financial savings and the improvement in physical and mental health, his fire department will transition into a 24/72 work week.
We discuss playing football for FSU, his journey into the fire service, strenghtening relationships between unions and employers, the occupation cancer that is killing his firefighters, the financial savings of a progressive work week, how this positively impacted recruitment, their progressive decontamination program and much more.
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