Dispatcher Tours

mercurygrandmarquis1 · Aug 21, 2011

Do dispatchers work 8 hour tours or 12 hour tours? And who covers for them when they get lunch or use the restroom?

FDNY150 · Aug 21, 2011

We do 12 hour tours, which are never guaranteed that we will be leaving after 12. A lot of 16 and 18 hours thrown in. We don't have lunch breaks, and we cover spots on the platform when one of us goes potty, or to get the meal.

We work the 25 group chart, just like the firefighters. We do mutuals, but can't do 24's. We work 2 days, 07x19, then 24 off. Two nights, 19X07, followed by 4 or 5 days off depending on where we are on the chart. Every three weeks we get a 5 day "swing" as we call it.

CVILLE7111 · Aug 22, 2011

With the COs being combined, are the FADs moving between the boroughs or are they still assigned to one?

FDNY150 · Aug 22, 2011

Most are assigned to a borough, with the junior folks being assigned to Dispatch Operations and detailed to a borough. When staffing issues come up, folks are detailed from one side of the floor to the other, like Manhattan to Brooklyn, for a tour.

CVILLE7111 · Aug 22, 2011

Thanks Frank.

FD347 · Aug 23, 2011

CVILLE7111 · Aug 23, 2011

Oooppsss!! Got my members mixed up! My apologies!!

baileyjeff · Aug 23, 2011

All of the boroughs are now combined at Metrotech as of now, correct? What are all the CO buildings being used for now?

nfd2004 · Aug 23, 2011

baileyjeff said:
All of the boroughs are now combined at Metrotech as of now, correct? What are all the CO buildings being used for now?

I'm not sure but, I don't think the Bronx CO has moved to Metrotech.

FDNY150 · Aug 23, 2011

Only Brooklyn, Manhattan, and SI are in MT. The Manhattan CO is undergoing a gutting and asbestos abatement. God only knows what is going on with the other two empty offices. The Bronx was renovated between 05 and 08, and Queens was renovated between 05 and 07.

baileyjeff · Aug 24, 2011

Is Manhattan moving back to there CO? Or are all the boros going to be moving to Metrotech?