r/Firefighting • u/Sure_Nose5038 • 10d ago

General Discussion Is this just me being soft

I'm all for a good firehouse prank. Don't get me wrong. It's what makes this job great. But isn't it sort of a unwritten rule to not fuck with other people's turnouts. Couple guys on the shift before us decided it would be a great idea for them to fuck with us and saan wrap our lockers before we got there. Our gear is grouped by shifts. And of course before we even get settled in and our gear on the trucks we get a call. Then go to find our lockers saran wrapped. Dick move or not from them?

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u/JPBx573 10d ago

Why didn’t you make them take the call if it was before you got “settled in” and they directly delayed your response time?

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u/firefighter26s 10d ago

That would have been my question. In my corner of the world you show up prior to your shift and get your gear ready so that you're good to go at the turn over time, not after. If a call came in before turn over it still belongs to the outgoing crew; if comes in after turn over you're all set and ready.

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u/JPBx573 10d ago

Yea same here. Messing with bunks is a definite no no, but if you didn’t figure out your bunks were messed with until after your shift started that’s on you

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u/silly-tomato-taken Career Firefighter 9d ago

I usually relieve about an hour early. From here on out, they'd be getting relieved 10 minutes early.

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u/trapper2530 9d ago

We change at 7. Most guys in by 545-6 to get guys to miss traffic coming off. We take them off and by order theyre supposed to stay until 7. No one is held to that snd everyone takes off once relieved. Its not a. All at one time. Some guys get in 530 some at 545 some 6.