OK so I m a FF/Paramedic with just about 4 yrs on the job. We have in our department a Fire Inspection department that runs Mon- Fri 0900-1700. Not much is needed for that beside ur fire inspector classes which alot of us have. These guys/gals get a 10% increase for being upstairs and for having that cert about $40 more. Heres the question. Some have asked to come back to the floor to work as FF/Emt's or FF/Paramedics or what ever their last postion was. Most of the guys that are coming down have been out of the loop for over 5 yrs. I have a funny feeling that they are going to try to use their time on the job (counting the time they spent upstairs) to get out of doing house duties and running on the busy trucks. I personally feel that they should be able to come back down but understand that ppl have more time on the floor then them...(if they left with less time then the lowest guy that would make them lower in rank). We pick what station and vacation u will have based on the time on the job as a FF. Please try to look at it from a point of view from someone like me that has been floating around and being on the busy trucks to now have someone come in and pull a fast one over the jr guys.

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