Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman said Wednesday she'll hire 100 firefighters now that the fire union has won an arbitration case dealing with firefighters' schedules.
Neuman said she'll ask the County Council for $3 million to pay for the new firefighters and add fire training academy classes.
The county had proposed moving firefighters from a "one day on, three days off" schedule to a "one day on, two days off" schedule. Firefighters work 24-hour shifts.
Neuman said in negotiations earlier this year that the county "put an attractive financial package on the table" to try to convince firefighters to agree to the new schedule, but no deal was struck and the issue ended up in arbitration.
"The Fire Department has been clear that they need one day on and three days off," Neuman said.