r/Firefighting • u/Temporary-Evening-40 • 3d ago

General Discussion Question for firefighters some what fresh out of acadamy

Some of the squad leads and team leads don’t know wtf they’re doing my squad lead specifically gets mad at me for asking questions or asking if things need to be set up even though I know they do but gets mad if I set them up without him telling me to do it. He’s not a good representation of a leader IE not knowing where things go not knowing how rotations work and sometimes when he doesn’t know the answer he tells me to ask an instructor or the class lead which would get everyone in trouble if we break the chain of command. He also delegates our squad to do the more labor intensive tasks while he does the least labor intensive task

Regardless of the rant does station life and firefighting get better once your hired with the people you work with or is there always gonna be that one guy.

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u/JohannLandier75 Tennessee FF (Career) 3d ago

Academy Squad leaders are just the best option available for instructors during academy, truth is they are just as clueless about everything as anyone else but are useful for a focal point of accountability, passing instructions along, and ect between the instructors and boots.

This is a training environment and not indicative of shift life. Just do your training and press on. And while you will have to work with some shit heads post academy it is generally better.

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 3d ago

Happens. Hope you wok with people not like this but it may happen. Read the book Hazing FD to understand how things may be. Enjoy the greatest job in the world! Good luck.