The Town has formally withdrawn the proposal to alter our shift schedule and will maintain the current operating model. This outcome ensures that our personnel can continue to provide consistent service to the residents of Ocean City. I appreciate the dedication shown by everyone who supported our efforts to protect …
April 28, 2016
Keep Ocean City Safe: Keep Firefighter-Paramedics on 24 Hour Shifts
Final supporters
The firefighter / paramedic employees of the Ocean City Fire Department want to continue their current 24 hour shifts and rights to rest so that they can continue to provide top-notch service to residents of, and visitors to, Ocean City, Maryland.
The Town of Ocean City has proposed drastic changes to how firefighter / paramedics in Ocean City would work. The Town of Ocean City has proposed to eliminate twenty-four shifts for employees of its Fire Department. The Town has proposed to eliminate rest opportunities at night for employees. The current practices of the Ocean City Fire Department are consistent with best practices.
I am signing this petition, as a part time employee of the Ocean City Fire Department, in opposition to the Town’s proposed changes. The changes are drastic and not warranted. The changes will not improve safety. The changes will hurt safety. The changes will cause greater fatigue and health problems. The changes will ruin morale. The changes will unduly upset the home lives of firefighter / paramedics. I do NOT support the proposed changes.
Updates
February 25, 2016
The persistence of our current shift structure remains the primary objective for the safety of both our crews and the public. I continue to gather insights from our members regarding how these proposed changes would impact our operations. Your collective input provides essential evidence for our upcoming discussions with town officials.
February 25, 2016
The response to this petition has demonstrated a clear consensus regarding the necessity of maintaining our current shift structure. This momentum confirms that the community values the expertise and well-being of the professionals who provide emergency services to Ocean City.
17 Comments
The current 24/72 schedule is the best schedule for employees, the town, and its citizens. It allows the employee to rest between shifts and be ready to perform their duties at the highest level of competency during their next shift. Changing the shift structure would cause many quality part-time and possibly full-time employees to not be able to work here anymore. This schedule has worked very well for so long, why change it now?
I currently work a 24/72 rotation and it gives me time to put into Ocean City on my 3 days off. With them trying to switch to a different schedule, then you will lose a lot of good providers. The city holds them self to a very high standard when hiring employees. If they switch the shift to something different, I believe they will lose quality of providers. Why try to reinvent the wheel when the wheel has worked for years?
The current 24 hour shifts allow me to work and go to paramedic school, not being able to work 24 hour shifts would make it difficult to go to paramedic school and have full availability for the OCFD.
This will be my 9th summer as a part time employee for the Town of Ocean City Fire Department. Most of the part time employees working for Ocean City have full time employment in other jurisdictions working the current 24/72 shift model and we all work our opposite shift in Ocean City. Changing the schedule to anything other than 24/72 will cause many part time and even full time employees to reconsider their employment status with the Ocean City Fire Department.
It's a shame to see such an amazing city crippled like it is. Terminating a 24 hour shift will be detrimental to quality Fire/EMS protection. We have the best employees in the State of Maryland and you will see these men and women leave, long before their time.
I fully support their stance and there has been no legitimate reason proposed to move them from their current 24 hour shift.
I am in favor of keeping 24 hours shifts for all OCFD personnel.
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The Town has formally withdrawn the proposal to alter our shift schedule and will maintain the current operating model. This outcome ensures that our personnel can continue to provide consistent service to the residents of Ocean City. I appreciate the dedication shown by everyone who supported our efforts to protect …
April 28, 2016
Keep Ocean City Safe: Keep Firefighter-Paramedics on 24 Hour Shifts
Final supporters
The firefighter / paramedic employees of the Ocean City Fire Department want to continue their current 24 hour shifts and rights to rest so that they can continue to provide top-notch service to residents of, and visitors to, Ocean City, Maryland.
The Town of Ocean City has proposed drastic changes to how firefighter / paramedics in Ocean City would work. The Town of Ocean City has proposed to eliminate twenty-four shifts for employees of its Fire Department. The Town has proposed to eliminate rest opportunities at night for employees. The current practices of the Ocean City Fire Department are consistent with best practices.
I am signing this petition, as a part time employee of the Ocean City Fire Department, in opposition to the Town’s proposed changes. The changes are drastic and not warranted. The changes will not improve safety. The changes will hurt safety. The changes will cause greater fatigue and health problems. The changes will ruin morale. The changes will unduly upset the home lives of firefighter / paramedics. I do NOT support the proposed changes.
Updates
February 25, 2016
The persistence of our current shift structure remains the primary objective for the safety of both our crews and the public. I continue to gather insights from our members regarding how these proposed changes would impact our operations. Your collective input provides essential evidence for our upcoming discussions with town officials.
February 25, 2016
The response to this petition has demonstrated a clear consensus regarding the necessity of maintaining our current shift structure. This momentum confirms that the community values the expertise and well-being of the professionals who provide emergency services to Ocean City.
17 Comments
The 24/72 shift has been working quite well in the majority of metropolitan areas across the nation and in THIS state.
The current 24/72 schedule is the best schedule for employees, the town, and its citizens. It allows the employee to rest between shifts and be ready to perform their duties at the highest level of competency during their next shift. Changing the shift structure would cause many quality part-time and possibly full-time employees to not be able to work here anymore. This schedule has worked very well for so long, why change it now?
I currently work a 24/72 rotation and it gives me time to put into Ocean City on my 3 days off. With them trying to switch to a different schedule, then you will lose a lot of good providers. The city holds them self to a very high standard when hiring employees. If they switch the shift to something different, I believe they will lose quality of providers. Why try to reinvent the wheel when the wheel has worked for years?
The current 24 hour shifts allow me to work and go to paramedic school, not being able to work 24 hour shifts would make it difficult to go to paramedic school and have full availability for the OCFD.
This will be my 9th summer as a part time employee for the Town of Ocean City Fire Department. Most of the part time employees working for Ocean City have full time employment in other jurisdictions working the current 24/72 shift model and we all work our opposite shift in Ocean City. Changing the schedule to anything other than 24/72 will cause many part time and even full time employees to reconsider their employment status with the Ocean City Fire Department.
It's a shame to see such an amazing city crippled like it is. Terminating a 24 hour shift will be detrimental to quality Fire/EMS protection. We have the best employees in the State of Maryland and you will see these men and women leave, long before their time.
I fully support their stance and there has been no legitimate reason proposed to move them from their current 24 hour shift.
I am in favor of keeping 24 hours shifts for all OCFD personnel.
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The 24/72 shift has been working quite well in the majority of metropolitan areas across the nation and in THIS state.