LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - Pasco County Fire Rescue personnel will soon get to spend more time at home.

The department is one of just a few in Florida moving to a 24 hours on, 72 hours off schedule. Right now, they operate on a 24 hours on, 48 hours off schedule.

What they're saying:

"When you're away from your family at 24, two years ago, 48 hours, at a time, that's incredibly stressful on you and your personal life, and when you are at work, how can we expect you to give 100% of your work when you aren't 100% at home," Dixon Phillips, the president of Pasco County Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 4420, said. "So, having that work-life balance is incredibly important."

That’s one of the reasons, Phillips said, they’re shifting to the new schedule in January.

"We're excited looking

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