Firefighters say they’re swamped by calls for routine care from senior homes

Re:Firefighters say they’re swamped by calls for routine car... by germinalphrase on Sunday October 03, 2021 @11:27PM (#28742704)

I was with you until that last line. I know two fire fighters; they work a standard 160 a month (though the schedule itself is kind of bonkers).

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Re:Firefighters say they’re swamped by calls for routine car... by mtnGoat on Sunday October 03, 2021 @11:54PM (#28742883)

These guys have to work 40 hours per pay period, which is two 24 hours shifts every two weeks. This is just slightly more than 4 days a month. They will sometimes work four days in a row, the last two days of a period and then the first two of the next and can go 20+days between shifts.

160 hours isn’t much when you are getting paid to sleep, eat and hangout. It’s just 6 days.

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