A billboard complaining about overtime Gwinnett County firefighters are required to work is turning some heads in Lawrenceville.
Former firefighter Michael Flanagan signed the contract for the billboard at Hwy. 316 and Ga. 20, but says there are actually 40 people behind it. The rotating sign asks the county to stop mandatory overtime for firefighters complaining $15 million has been spent over three years. “The firefighters are tired,” he says. “Firefighters work 24 hours a day. Then, if they have to work overtime, they’re working another 24.”
Flanagan says it is having an effect on firefighters’ family life as well as affecting their well-being and health.
He says no current firefighters will come forward to express their concerns for fear of repercussions.