stop moaning, if you dont like it find another job!!! Try the NHS where nurses actually have to work on nights!!!! or failing that try any factory fitting widgets or something for 12hrs!! you firefighters really dont know you are born!!!! complaning because your employer has bought you comfy chairs to sit on all night!!!! whatever next?
Hmmmm...... maybe if you wound your neck in a little bit you would notice that the complaints are about the huge waste of tax payers money in order to put something in place that isn't necessary. We have stations which have a minimum of 9 people working overnight, this is a waste of over £4000 per station. A decent bed would cost a quarter of this amount and allow better rest. If the firefighters wasted this amount of money without just cause, we would probably be suspended from duty, yet when politicians do this in order to be spiteful, or so called fire service managers do it in order to get a bit further up the chief's backside, it is deemed to be money well spent.
I can only shake my head at plonkers that make statements like "Get another job".
The firefighter is always ready to do what is required of him or her at any time, they are willing to place themselves in extreme danger in order to save the life of people they may or may not know regardless of their background or history. We offer no judgement when we get to work, only 100% professionalism throughout our time dealing with the incidents and the aftermath of the incident. I personally have been shot at, threatened with knives, bricked and all in the name of helping others. Firefighting isn't just a job, it takes courage, skill stamina, fitness and a will to do the right thing for all people, always. So when I hear the "If you don't like it , get another job" crap, I know that the idiot writing it has no idea what it means to feel how I feel about my job. They have no idea how the lack of sleep can affect the ability to make sound, life saving decisions which require seconds to make and possibly a lifetime to justify if tiredness has affected your decision making process. (by the way this is a medically proven effect of tiredness)
It's amazing how many times I've heard the "Nurses work all night and don't get any rest" speech, my wife works in a major hospital and I know full well that this isn't 100% true. The other comparison is that they save lives too whilst working....... this is very true, but they aren't EXPECTED to place their own life in dangerous situations as a part of their routine duties, firefighters are and this is why it is vital that they are awake and not half asleep because they've spent half the night trying to stay awake for staying awakes sake.
Finally, I hope that when you need the fire service, the people who come to your aid are rested and ready to help you in any way they can because even idiots are treated fairly by firefighters, regardless of what the idiots have said about them.
