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who helped battle blazes in prison to get jobs as full-time fighters. for more this, let s get more from paul. paul, what are you going to tell us about this program? reporter: well, we ll call it rays of sunshine going through that fire smoke. it s the vtc, ventura training center. the former inmate firefighters after they re released from prison can stay there. they have to stay 18 months. they sleep overnight five nights a week and get extensive training. there s mental health counseling or addiction counseling if they need it. we re seeing some huge, huge numbers of success. we have some 136 firefighters after this program started with a trickle in 2018, 136 have received full-time jobs. most of them in fire departments. we re also seeing another 56 in camp right now. john rena is one of them. he s gushing with pride as he s

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