I hate the coming early culture in Firefighting

[u/thatdudewayoverthere]

So because everyone said something about this o taught I might as well.

I hate the fact that it's standard that every shows up early.

To give you an example: At my Department we officially get paid from 6:45 to 7 so 24:15h but it's standard in my department that everyone shows up at around 6-6:15.

So we basically artificially moved our shift time one hour early 6-6 instead of 7-7. In the end everyone still works 24 hours no matter what time you actually start.

Big edit because people don't seem to get my point:

We all Still work 24 hours nobody is actually getting relieved earlier since everyone obviously expects to be relieved by 0615

But if you happen to catch a late call before you get relieved you don't get paid for that call.

For Example:

If I work from 6-6 I worked 24 hours if I get a late call at 5:45 and now worked till 7 I now worked 25 hours

But because my official shift time is 7-7 I only get paid 24 hours even though I worked 25

This problem wouldn't exist if not for the everyone coming in early

This is not supposed to be a discussion about when is a good time for shift change to beat traffic or have more from the day but instead of coming in early and working for free we should just put pressure on our departments to change the shift times to what we actually want

Please share your opinions on this but I personally think it's just annoying and it would be easier if every just shows up when they are paid to do so (plus of course 10-15 minutes to actually get ready)

[u/Apprehensive_Fan_677]

I’m a probie and im expected to show up latest at 7 when shift starts at 8 I end up showing up around 6:45ish ya I kinda hate the pressure of being “late” even though im early but to me it’s kinda like instilling a good habit because like a lot of people say I’ve relived people that have a shit shift and are relieved to see me (no pun intended) and I’ve been on the end where my relief didn’t show up till 7:50 and im shitting myself and just anxious asf while doing station duties. 1 extra hour or 45 min isn’t gonna be the end of the world. Plus if im aiming to get there “on time” and something happens IM fucked and so is the person im relieving

[u/Flaky-System-9977 → u/Apprehensive_Fan_677]

Nailed it! You’d hate to be “that guy”