I just spent a week on the 8pm to 8am shift this winter and found the shift very busy and that’s including the day I didn’t have nobody except the 2 GU”s, 1 Spreader and 1 Officer in the field, everybody to Q1 that night, and I still was busy all night, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t kill myself but I was doing something all night that night.
The list
- Sign in
- Go over what’s going on with operation with Mike
- Read Teletypes, Telephone Order book, Facility Condition log, and Shift to Shift book
- Check Building
- Down bookCheck Fuel book, checks and radios
- Get reading from pump
- 10 Variance updated
- Check Building
- Go over Orders and work with GUs and Mechanic. Help get everybody out on their assignments, out of the building!!!
- Carting book
- Start getting allocations and reports ready for Borough(Plow repairs, snow equipment updated)
- If no more relays, 91 and 32s for AM
- Separate Dump Receipts
- Clean Building/Office
- Lunch, had to do early because everything is going to close and you going to end up not eating or eating something that is not considered a good meal, you’re going to need the energy for the rest of the night, believe you me you’re going to need it.
- 11PM Red line Sick Log
- Check pump and get reading
- Close out Fuel book
- 12AM Red line Blotter, Passenger log, Radio log
- Re-Group for the next 8 hours
- Copy and Save Fuel Memo(fill in now to save time and stress later)
- 91 and 32 if not done yet
- Open Pumps and get reading
- 1am Check building
- Set up for AM (equipment), out of town tickets for board and equipment needed
- Check 02 Equipment
- Put AM 57s out
- 4:30 to 5am Close out (50) Equipment
- After 5am Send Fuel Memo
- No starts, Dump Eligible, Action Center Complaints and Close out (50)Sections and (80)Recycling
- Give Joe verbal report and reports
- 7am Roll Call
- Close out Fuel book and get readings
- Go over any problems and Special Orders with Mike
- Sign Out
While all this is getting done, the phones are ringing, Other Agencies and Privates coming in and going, orders are changing and a little nonsense rears its ugly head through out the night. Payrolls was done by me the first night until I was told not to(No complaints from me), I don’t really think I would had a hard time doing it but it sure would of not help my night, chances for something not getting done was greater with having to do payrolls, it was a good call having it done during the day, they have better information and are more up to date with what its going on. Overall Long Nights, was very happy to get off that shift.