I was supposed to be on swing shift for the winter but after only a month on swing Im headed back for graveyard until January.
We have so many FNGs with the department that they need to juggle people around so the FNGs get the best benefit. So Im opening up a spot for an FNG and the 5th its back to being a bat.
Now for the interesting part. We just lost a good diver to another department. But now both of the graveyard Sergeants are on the team and at least two of us for now. That means every night of the week there will be at least two divers on from 2200 and 0800. Some nights there will be three.
With only three or four of us on per shift, if there is a callout it may be the entire shift going.
But Wednesday is our fat day. So on Thursday mornings when day shift comes on at 0700 we can take off and go diving for the last hour or two of our shift. Man that is tough duty but somebody has to do it.
Gary D.
We have so many FNGs with the department that they need to juggle people around so the FNGs get the best benefit. So Im opening up a spot for an FNG and the 5th its back to being a bat.
Now for the interesting part. We just lost a good diver to another department. But now both of the graveyard Sergeants are on the team and at least two of us for now. That means every night of the week there will be at least two divers on from 2200 and 0800. Some nights there will be three.
With only three or four of us on per shift, if there is a callout it may be the entire shift going.
But Wednesday is our fat day. So on Thursday mornings when day shift comes on at 0700 we can take off and go diving for the last hour or two of our shift. Man that is tough duty but somebody has to do it.
Gary D.
