embraced his firefighter son and as a young woman sits side by side with her firefighter fiancee, the al pedia department took in four more recruits. >> you work so hard to get the career you wanted and unfortunately it turned for the worse. >> reporter: he is one of four former san jose firefighters to get a second chance in alameda county. the fire chief says it's a win for his department. >> they're highly qualified. they've been through a fire county. have worked on the streets of san jose for a time and we'll be able to move them onto the streets of alameda county and hit the ground running. >> reporter: he is looking forward to getting to work. weather that means a building fire in newark or andrews. >> i'm blessed to be here. >> reporter: the chief admit it's a unique situation expanding his department. >> we've consolidated and contracted with services for different cities and that's allowed us to reduce the overhead so there's more money available for the firefighter staff. >> reporter: there was a lot of competition for the 24 spots. in fact, there were more than 2,000 applicants. i'

embraced his firefighter son and as a young woman sits side by side with her firefighter fiancee, the al pediatment took in four more recruits. >> you work so hard to get the career you wanted and unfortunately it turned for the worse. >> reporter: he is one of four former san jose firefighters to get a second chance in alameda county. the fire chief says it's a win for his department. >> they're highly qualified. they've been through a fire county. have worked on the streets of san jose for a time and we'll be able to move them onto the streets of alameda county and hit the ground running. >> reporter: he is looking forward to getting to work. weather that means a building fire in newark or andrews. >> i'm blessed to be here. >> reporter: the chief admit it's a unique situation expanding his department. >> we've consolidated and contracted with services for different cities and that's allowed us to reduce the overhead so there's more money available for the firefighter staff. >> reporter: there was a lot of competition for the 24 spots. in fact, there were more than 2,000 applicants. i'm heat