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PLANO FIRE RESCUE IS MAKING HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST ALL PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS TO MOVE TO A 24 72 SHIFT SCHEDULE.
FIREFIGHTERS WILL WORK 1 24 HOUR SHIFT, THEN HAVE THREE DAYS OFF.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS FOR, FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
IT, IT IS, THIS IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THE FIREFIGHTERS.
MOST OF US WORK 25, 30 YEAR CAREER, AND THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS OVER THAT TIME IS GONNA BE HUGE.
THE CHANGE COMES AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOCUS MORE ON HEALTH RISKS LIKE CANCER, HEART DISEASE, AND PTSD, WHICH ARE HIGHER FOR FIREFIGHTERS THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE NEW SHIFT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME ON DUTY.
WELL, THOSE EMERGENCY CALLS ARE WHERE YOU'RE BEING EXPOSED TO CARCINOGENS OR WHETHER YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE TRAUMATIC EVENTS THAT MAY CAUSE PTSD.
WELL NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE EX EXPOSED TO THAT, UH, 25% LESS.
THE NEW SCHEDULE ALSO HELPS WITH RECOVERY TIME AT HOME.
IT MAKES A DEPARTMENT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO NEW RECRUITS.
THAT MEANS HEALTHIER FIREFIGHTERS AND A STRONGER PLANO FIRE RESCUE FOR YEARS TO COME.