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It's a one week vacation that never ends!!

It's a one week vacation that never ends!!

New Haven has hired in excess of 125 firefighters over the past 3 years. Some were paramedics.
There are plans to put additional ALS Emergency Units in service. This prompted the Medic list to be created. All Medics are trained as Firefighters.
A condition of employment is to obtain med control and maintain it for 10 years. All EMTs must keep the card for their career.
Currently there are enough medics to allow rotation off the Units and on to fire companies but not enough to activate additional Units.
Assignments in New Haven are payroll positions. Your assignment is not a guarantee which rig you will be working on.
When I was a Captain in NHFD there were assigned drivers & tillermen. The others did a day & night tour on the pipe, day / night on the hydrant and day / night on the truck. And if a driver was off the back step firefighters rotated driving. This kept all skills fresh because if you were detailed to another station you could be filling any of those roles. But it is the Captains decision who rides where based on the needs of the Department.
As far as the pay goes, there are 4 pay grades. Recruit pay is low. You get a raise after 6 months then yearly until top step.
Once off probation you are can work overtime and get acting Medic pay when working in that capacity. Plus pay stipends.
 
I retired 4 years ago as a Batt. Chief with 33 years OTJ. So the info I post is accurate and not hearsay.

New Haven has hired in excess of 125 firefighters over the past 3 years. Some were paramedics.
There are plans to put additional ALS Emergency Units in service. This prompted the Medic list to be created. All Medics are trained as Firefighters.
A condition of employment is to obtain med control and maintain it for 10 years. All EMTs must keep the card for their career.
Currently there are enough medics to allow rotation off the Units and on to fire companies but not enough to activate additional Units.
Assignments in New Haven are payroll positions. Your assignment is not a guarantee which rig you will be working on.
When I was a Captain in NHFD there were assigned drivers & tillermen. The others did a day & night tour on the pipe, day / night on the hydrant and day / night on the truck. And if a driver was off the back step firefighters rotated driving. This kept all skills fresh because if you were detailed to another station you could be filling any of those roles. But it is the Captains decision who rides where based on the needs of the Department.
As far as the pay goes, there are 4 pay grades. Recruit pay is low. You get a raise after 6 months then yearly until top step.
Once off probation you are can work overtime and get acting Medic pay when working in that capacity. Plus pay stipends.
 
I retired 4 years ago as a Batt. Chief with 33 years OTJ. So the info I post is accurate and not hearsay.

New Haven has hired in excess of 125 firefighters over the past 3 years. Some were paramedics.
There are plans to put additional ALS Emergency Units in service. This prompted the Medic list to be created. All Medics are trained as Firefighters.
A condition of employment is to obtain med control and maintain it for 10 years. All EMTs must keep the card for their career.
Currently there are enough medics to allow rotation off the Units and on to fire companies but not enough to activate additional Units.
Assignments in New Haven are payroll positions. Your assignment is not a guarantee which rig you will be working on.
When I was a Captain in NHFD there were assigned drivers & tillermen. The others did a day & night tour on the pipe, day / night on the hydrant and day / night on the truck. And if a driver was off the back step firefighters rotated driving. This kept all skills fresh because if you were detailed to another station you could be filling any of those roles. But it is the Captains decision who rides where based on the needs of the Department.
As far as the pay goes, there are 4 pay grades. Recruit pay is low. You get a raise after 6 months then yearly until top step.
Once off probation you are can work overtime and get acting Medic pay when working in that capacity. Plus pay stipends.
 
I retired 4 years ago as a Batt. Chief with 33 years OTJ. So the info I post is accurate and not hearsay.

This is from a 4th alarm fire in New Haven CT. The buildings on this block were preplanned and vacant. The woman in the 3rd floor window showed about 14 minutes after arrival. We were in defensive mode until she showed up.
Also, this building was exposure 4. The main fire building was fully involved.

This is from a 4th alarm fire in New Haven CT. The buildings on this block were preplanned and vacant. The woman in the 3rd floor window showed about 14 minutes after arrival. We were in defensive mode until she showed up.
Also, this building was exposure 4. The main fire building was fully involved.

This is from a 4th alarm fire in New Haven CT. The buildings on this block were preplanned and vacant. The woman in the 3rd floor window showed about 14 minutes after arrival. We were in defensive mode until she showed up.
Also, this building was exposure 4. The main fire building was fully involved.