Timothy O. Casey's Blog – June 2013 Archive (3)

Firefighters Don't Work in Cubicles, but you Would Never Know it by our Start Time.

I have a question. Why is it that most firefighter shifts start around 7:00 am? Why are firefighters forced to deal with rush hour traffic and add to the rush hour mess? After all we work a 24 hour shift, why couldn’t we begin our day at say 10:00am or 11:00am?…

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Added by Timothy O. Casey on June 25, 2013 at 9:20am — No Comments

We do Face Death Every Day Like it or Not.

Over the course of my career and post retirement I have had more people than I can name ask me or imply that yes firefighting is a dangerous job, but you were never really at risk of death or that the idea a firefighter can die any day they go to work is kind of bull shit.

A part of me wants to agree with them. I know I only had a handful of times where I was in a…

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Added by Timothy O. Casey on June 10, 2013 at 10:57pm — No Comments

Firefighters Only Rent Firehouses.

More and more of my firemen friends are retiring, this is the result of hiring large recruit academies in the early 80’s. I have gone to a few retirement parties to wish my friends well in retirement land and to see other retirees.…

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Added by Timothy O. Casey on June 3, 2013 at 12:35pm — No Comments