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/Electrical_Hour3488 Apr 21 '25

Sound like my dept but we had to hire massively in the last few years so we’re stuck training on the basics all the time and winging the big calls. My dept went stagnant and then they all retired at the same time. I’m a 8 year hoseman and I have more time then 75% of my officers

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

Hopefully the dept was able to pick up some solid candidates and not just warm bodies to fill positions. No desire to promote to engineer or?

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u/Electrical_Hour3488 Apr 22 '25

I’m next on the list!

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u/iheartMGs FF/EMT/Hazmat Tech Apr 22 '25

Nice!