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/apham314 Apr 21 '25

My job became stagnant and I found much more joy in fire/ems. I felt like I actually had a purpose, which I still feel. I started as a volunteer while doing electrical work, moved to a PT/POC position, and then into a FT gig. Once I got my FT offer, I was out of the electrical field.

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

Why not just do both? As much time as we have off it should be relatively easy to balance it unless you have other priorities. Hell open up your own electrical business! “First due Electric Co”. I too struggled finding a purpose FWIW

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u/apham314 Apr 23 '25

That’s the thing, I don’t have any time off at this place. The schedule is dog crap lol. That was my plan initially, but the mando keeps me from doing that 🙄.

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u/iheartMGs FF/EMT/Hazmat Tech Apr 23 '25

Ah I gotcha. Well hopefully in due time;things have a way of working themselves out.