Profession: Firefighter - Full time <600 organization
Workday (kind of, nothing is typical at the firehouse):
- [06:00]: Wake up - get dressed covertly and slip out of the house
- [06:30] Arrive at the station - Get coffee! Find my "relief" which is the similarly ranked person on the off going shift.
- run 911 calls
- [07:30] Have "line up"; Where we discuss what drills we have planned, eat some breakfast... drink more coffee. Talk about the previous day off.
- run 911 calls
- [08:30] Workout. Generally we have a mix of runners, lifters and crossfitters. Sometimes we will do the workout "on air" with our SCBA packs on... sometimes we need to just walk a few miles. Everyone on my shift likes to workout.
- run 911 calls
- [10:00] Shower and checkout equipment or drill. Send someone to the grocery store for the meals of the day.
- run 911 calls
- [11:00] Cook lunch, check email, and do any CE/Online training
- run 911 calls
- [12:00] eat lunch (between 12 and 2pm we typically get to eat... based on calls) , then pick up
- [13:30] safety nap for the long night ahead
- run 911 calls
- [14:30] Afternoon coffee, plan drills for the next shift. Admin stuff.
- run 911 calls
- [15:00] Drill on some piece of equipment. Learn or relearn something. Generally Fire in the morning, EMS in the Afternoon.
- [16:00] start preparing dinner
- [17:00] Flag down and eat (depending on calls). We can watch TV or do personal stuff after this time.
- run 911 calls for the night, try to sleep
- [06:00] awake and get ready to go home.
Workday (kind of, nothing is typical at the firehouse):
- [06:00]: Wake up - get dressed covertly and slip out of the house
- [06:30] Arrive at the station - Get coffee! Find my "relief" which is the similarly ranked person on the off going shift.
- run 911 calls
- [07:30] Have "line up"; Where we discuss what drills we have planned, eat some breakfast... drink more coffee. Talk about the previous day off.
- run 911 calls
- [08:30] Workout. Generally we have a mix of runners, lifters and crossfitters. Sometimes we will do the workout "on air" with our SCBA packs on... sometimes we need to just walk a few miles. Everyone on my shift likes to workout.
- run 911 calls
- [10:00] Shower and checkout equipment or drill. Send someone to the grocery store for the meals of the day.
- run 911 calls
- [11:00] Cook lunch, check email, and do any CE/Online training
- run 911 calls
- [12:00] eat lunch (between 12 and 2pm we typically get to eat... based on calls) , then pick up
- [13:30] safety nap for the long night ahead
- run 911 calls
- [14:30] Afternoon coffee, plan drills for the next shift. Admin stuff.
- run 911 calls
- [15:00] Drill on some piece of equipment. Learn or relearn something. Generally Fire in the morning, EMS in the Afternoon.
- [16:00] start preparing dinner
- [17:00] Flag down and eat (depending on calls). We can watch TV or do personal stuff after this time.
- run 911 calls for the night, try to sleep
- [06:00] awake and get ready to go home.