Shift work has increasingly become a studied topic due to its threat to the physical health and mental well-being of shift workers. Firefighter shift work comprises long hours often combined with ...

Plano Fire-Rescue is the first all-paid fire department in Texas to adopt the 24/72 schedule, which gives firefighters 72 hours off between each 24-hour shift instead of 48.

Train and bus drivers, doctors and carers, employees in companies where machines run around the clock: In many industries, people work in shifts. Some start early in the morning, or at midday. Others ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - A new schedule change for Tybee Island firefighters is allowing them to get more rest and spend more time with family and friends. It’s also cutting the number of days ...

Facing a 16% attrition rate in its ambulance division (well above the fire department’s historical average of 5%), the Fort Worth Fire Department plans a three-month pilot moving EMS crews from ...

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