The Job is Great, It's The Other Stuff That's Not.

No matter your rank, you will eventually asked to do more "Stuff". Whether that's run reports, EMS call review, training audits, lesson plans, or whatever other admin/clerical work needs to get done to keep the wheels moving.

That stuff is part of the job, but for many it can also be the thing that ruins the job.  Boundaries in the fire service are a weird thing and vary greatly depending on the setting and nature of the request.  Refusing to pump an additional line is easy if you don't have enough supply but telling the boss that you can't work on a spreadsheet because you don't have enough time is a different conversation.

Firefighters need to balance the street with the desk and doing that is more and more difficult.  I go over some common issues as well as some ideas for managing the situations we find ourselves in.

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