r/Firefighting • u/iheartMGs FF/EMT/Hazmat Tech • Apr 21 '25

Ask A Firefighter Are you at your forever department?

EDIT: I really appreciate all the feedback from everyone! Pretty cool to hear all the different responses! Stay safe brothers/sisters and wish everyone the best of luck throughout your careers!

Title says it all. Curious how many members have found their forever depts and why you made it your home for the rest of your career. The culture at my department is simply amazing. The chiefs know every member by first name and your put into a leadership role pretty early on if you’ve earned the trust of the officers. They will send you to virtually any training, deploy you across the nation, etc. Let’s hear what you have.

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u/burner1681381 Apr 21 '25

nope my dep is way too young and full of clowns, the state retirement is perfect though

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u/iheartMGs FF/EMT/Hazmat Tech Apr 21 '25

Gotta take the good with the bad and the bad with the good!

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u/burner1681381 Apr 21 '25

the good: good opportunities for advancement, great schedule 48/96, good call volume with good amount of fires, non-transport(for now), good OT opportunities

the bad: administrative clusterF, way way WAY too many young people in LT positions, joke of medical protocols, clown show of equipment, inappropriate or straight up illegal medical care, just a massive mess of problems related to being a department that's growing way too fast and in too many directions. I'll be ditching soon, same state, if I can find another 48/96 dep because it's a great schedule imo.

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u/iheartMGs FF/EMT/Hazmat Tech Apr 21 '25

Oh no man, that’s no good. Hopefully it gets ironed out soon. We too are growing very fast and do have some issues due to rapid expansion. Our EMS is outsourced and have definitely had medics try and get away with “misplacing” narcs 🤦‍♂️