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We do 4 days on 4 days off. 3 Trucks per shift crew 1 and 2 are your full timers (6-18/18-06 and 7-19/19-07) crew 3 is your "part timers" and "bid shift" 00-08,08-16,16-00. any one can bid on this truck. They try to make it ALS but some days it becomes a BLS truck.

How do your shifts/ rotations work?
 
I would try to explain our schedule but there are soo many different ones.
 
24/72. Once we are assigned somewhere, we stay as long as we want, no rotations.
 
We have 10's, 24's, and 48's. The 24's and 48's are 2 on 5 off. 10's are 4 on 3 off. If you are part time it's 3 on 4 off. 10's are 1000-2000 and 1100-2100. 24/48 are 0800-0800 and 1200-1200
 
48 on 120 off and rotate to work a 72 every third week
 
Three shifts of five fulltimers on 24s working your typical ABC 56 hour work week.

Each shift has one paramedic captain, three paramedics, and an EMT. We have a double medic crew and a P/B crew, and they rotate between the main and substations after every three shifts. The captain always works from the main station.

From 1800-0800 we have a part timer (usually an EMT) at the main station seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. For the rest of the year the part time shift is only filled Thursday-Sunday.
 
My outfit has over 500 cars out of 180 stations, so it would take a while to describe all the different shift patterns possible. But here are the main ones:

Alpha: 2 Days/2 Nights/4 Off, shifts are usually 12/12 though there are a few 10/14 out there

Bravo: 4 Days/4 Off, 11 hour day shifts ... nice work if you can get it ...

Bravo/Charlie: 2 Days/2 Afternoons/4 Off, 11 hour shifts.

We have three categories of employee. Fulltime Regularly Scheduled, Fulltime Irregularly Scheduled, and Parttime (which is a euphemism for Casual).
 
We work 48s and 72s.

It sucks, but I like the money. 168 hours every paycheck.
 
4x12hrs with 3 off. 4x16hrs with 4 off, 3x12hrs, a power car shift starting at noon (8 transports or 12 hours, whichever comes first, paid for 12 hours no matter what) then 3 off.

Shift bid is by seniority. Medics followed by Intermediates. We have a total of 44 shift lines. Ranges from ~6 ambulances on to mid-teens.
 
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4x12hrs with 3 off. 4x16hrs with 4 off, 3x12hrs, a power car shift starting at noon (8 transports or 12 hours, whichever comes first, paid for 12 hours no matter what) then 3 off.

Shift bid is by seniority. Medics followed by Intermediates. We have a total of 44 shift lines. Ranges from ~6 ambulances on to mid-teens.
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Power car? That's an interesting concept. :blink:
 
I have worked 3 different rotations so far. My first was 24 on 24 call 24 off.... yeah it sucked. I was always busier on my call day than duty day.
After that I switched companies and worked a 2 day 2 night 4 off (every other month we had a 2 on 6 off that was paid as a 4 and 4) as we were salaried at 150hours a month.
My current rotation is 2 weeks on 2 weeks off(paid for 15 days and they cover flights and expenses) in an Industrial worksite (oil fields) medical clinic. This is my favorite for a number of reasons.
 
Fire Dept: 24 on, 72 off.

Hospital service: straight day or night's, 12's on a MonTue/FriSatSun -> WedThu rotation.

Industrial fire brigade: depends on your day job. Software engineers are typically banker's hours, but I'm 4x10's. Shop floor folks are either 8 hr day/eve/night shifts or a rotation of 8's, or a rotation of 12's.
 
We have event cars and/or special units where their shifts always change depending on the event. Could be 1 hour all the way up to 48 hours.

Our most common shifts are 12 hours. On week A you will work 4 days in a row followed by 3 off. On week B you work 3 days in a row and then get 4 off.

We also have a couple of units using a dispatcher/supervisor schedule. They never work 4 days in a row but they never have 4 days off in a row. It's a pretty confusing schedule (these are also 12 hour shifts).

We have some 24 hour shifts (I'm honestly not sure what their schedule is like).

We also have some 48 hour shifts (once again I have no clue what their schedule is like.
 
EMTs and Paramedics shifts on ALS, CCT, NICU/PICU shifts, only one BLS unit: Five 12-hour days, two days off, two 12-hour days, five days off.

Most RNs on CCT shifts: Seven 12-hour days, seven days off.

Most BLS shifts, some ALS and CCT: Five 8-hour days.

I believe a few BLS shifts: Four 10-hour days.

Part timers must make themselves available 72 hours per pay period (2-weeks). I forget how often they have to work, if ever.

It used to be for most people four 12-hour shifts on, three days off, three 12-hour shifts, 4 days off regardless of BLS, ALS, CCT, etc. I wish it was still like that.

At my previous company, we had 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 24 hour shifts. 24 hour shifts were exclusive to RNs. Few 12-hour shifts, pretty much only dedicated NICU/PICU only. Most shifts were either 4 hours "strike shifts" or 10 hour shifts. You'd work four 10-hour shifts every week.
 
The place I used to work in Boston had mostly 13 hour shifts for EMTs with the occasional 8 hour. I loved the 13s, you only had to come in three days a week if you were fulltime. Less commuting and much easier to pick up OT if you were so incline. Some people insisted on keeping two or three 8 hours around, I'll never understand why people would want that.

Our medics worked 24s, XOXOOOOO (yes that is five days off after working two).
 
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