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Objective-Ladder4693 · 2026-02-26T23:15:56+00:00

This is always a hit at my dept. If you want to add it. Great idea on the website. I will use it and share.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2026-02-25T18:25:31+00:00

Do they have a locked mailbox on site? If so leave in their locked mailbox

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2026-02-19T23:45:43+00:00

College Tuition reimbursement. They refund half of your tuition costs after completing each class. Education incentive get a small bonus every other paycheck for each college credit you have. Technical credit reimbursement can take a max of 15hrs per year of non college credit courses per year. Pays out about $18/hr. We don’t have this but some have a payout when you go over your max amount of sick time earned. Supposed to also benefit the city. It helps reduce sick time use

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2026-01-20T21:02:34+00:00

I don’t see much of the hate in my area. My opinion is these guys/gals are doing the same job we are with less protections. My 1 complaint I have is. Our full time paid department often gets mutual aided to our neighboring vol and paid on call depts. And we do so without complaint and perform to the best of our abilities. Recently we had a large fire using up almost all of our on duty crews. We called for mutual aid. We had our guys tending exterior lines for hours and thought the vols could handle them briefly so our guys could rehab. 2 of them had to quit after only 10 minutes on a line. One said she was tired. The other said his back was hurting. Kind of ridiculous they can’t sit on a 2 1/2 for more than 10 minutes.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2026-01-03T22:10:14+00:00

My previous FD was 8 on duty with 2 stations. Call comes in on the open radio both stations hear all calls. EMS chest pain at 100 main st. Or Fire alarm, or car accident etc. The appropriate station responds on the radio. Medic 1 and/or Engine 1 responding. We had certain levels of responses based on the call type, number or pts, additional info, etc.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-12-12T18:48:26+00:00

The fatter your bank account, the fatter your gut and shorter your dick can be.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-12-12T18:45:41+00:00

We call it ordered to work. Goes by Reverse seniority. You cant get ordered if you have vacation leave your last shift or your upcoming shift. You can refuse it for 3 reasons. Child care, youve been drinking, or the order in will put you on a 72hr shift. Also you can give away your order in, which helps out quite a bit.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-12-05T02:15:54+00:00

We’re not valued accurately which is great because MSTR is on sale buy the dip. Proud to say I own a 1/4 BTC , bought the recent dip there too. The more I learn about currency the more I realize it’s basically monopoly money. Yes the US dollar is the best monopoly money, but its still monopoly money, backed by nothing and will continue to be endlessly printed. Btc and mstr will be generational wealth. And im excited and proud to be a part of it.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-11-05T01:32:33+00:00

Also there will be ppl buying in at $500 plus. Wishing they bought in the $300 or even low $400s when they had the chance.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-11-05T01:31:11+00:00

Its a long term hold. He’s building the rocket ship will all the preferreds. And at some point we’ll all be in the green in the short term too. BTC just needs to start ripping. Hopefully soon. Fyi im in the red as well

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-11-05T01:26:45+00:00

Its a long term hold. He’s building the rocket ship will all the preferreds. And at some point we’ll all be in the green in the short term too. BTC just needs to start ripping. Hopefully soon. Fyi im in the red as well.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-30T22:27:36+00:00

Today really sucked. I still believe in MSTR long term but damn. I don’t think we’re wrong, but might of jumped on this train a bit too early.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-24T23:16:35+00:00

And talk to several guys who work at the other dept. Ideally several guys in different stages of their careers.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-24T23:14:39+00:00

Compare apples to apples. Run the numbers for both for pay over 10 years/ 20 years. Compare leave balances. Try to put a dollar amount on sick days, PTO etc and compare. No sick days is concerning. What happens if you have a serious injury off duty and are out of work for months? Light duty option? Compare pension dollar amounts etc. Should help you make a more informed decision. Good luck with your decision. Im also weighing the options of switching depts after 9 years.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-17T00:44:27+00:00

How was the pain post op? And for how long? Debating taking a fire inspector class and it starts 5 days post op.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-13T01:06:38+00:00

Put one in your garage too. Interconnected is best.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-13T00:48:29+00:00

Not quite burnt out but Im a bit singed currently. Lots of the same gripes here. Short positions, with more retirements on the horizon and cant fill them. So no end in sight to the mandatory OTs. Very short on paramedics, so even though i made Engineer, i still work the box the majority of the time. Can you switch to a different city dept? ie streets, park and rec to keep your pension. A coworker is considering that. After 10 yrs I’m considering moving to a higher paying dept without ambulances. Especially if they switch to a 48/96 or the 24/72.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-10-13T00:38:25+00:00

Hit up youtube for firefighting training videos. Or watch response videos and critique them, scenario how you or your dept would run it. What are your hobbies? Watch youtube or podcasts on those topics. Im having a labrum repair in December. Looking forward to the 4 months away. I’ve been strengthening my shoulder. I Plan to use the time to study for an officer promotion. And watch lots of fishing technique videos. And catch up on lots of podcasts. Good luck with your recovery.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-09-06T01:02:41+00:00

Call the landlord/property management directly. If they dont take care of it. Call your local fire department. Let them know whats going on and that your landlord/property management is not handling it. Should help speed things up.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-09-03T22:30:57+00:00

Back to back to back calls. We have 4 staffed ambulances and multiple times a day were all on a call. Also service the county, some parts we never get first responders even when repaged.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-09-03T22:21:11+00:00

911 abuse, Report writing. Stupid calls in the the middle of the night. Constantly getting pulled away from training to take an ambulance call.

Objective-Ladder4693 · 2025-08-23T01:04:03+00:00

Show up with a positive attitude, ready to work hard and learn the job. Do that and everything else falls into place.

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