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natalieandchris1023natalieandchris1023
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My husband works as a firefighter and works 24 hours shifts, I have gotten used to him not being around all the time, but the biggest stress right now is that he is required to move to within 10 minutes of his station before October( one month before our baby is due). We just bought our house in July of 2009 and would lose a lot of money having to sell now. We are both very stressed out about this and are currently trying to weigh our options. Both of our parents live within 2 miles of us right now and we love where we live. Should he stay at the job and move or should he give up the job and look for something else?
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  • Jessica011010Jessica011010 member
    Does he only have to be within 10 minutes when he's on-duty/on-call or all the time?
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  • natalieandchris1023natalieandchris1023
    All the time, that is why they want them to live close. But what they don't understand is that he is going to be Mr. Mom on the days that he doesn't work because I would be back to work... it is so crazy and frustrating!
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  • mrsadamswifemrsadamswife
    I have no advice, but this is really weird to me. I would never thought they would request them to be that close.
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  • Janell's NestJanell's Nest
    It's kind of weird to me too because my co-worker's husband is a fire department head and he works like 4 days on, 4 days off...and he lives in White bear Lake and works in Minneapolis...hardly 10 minutes away...when he's on his 4 days on though I think he sleeps at the station.
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  • MNFarmGirlMNFarmGirl

    I'm a FF and know exactly what you're going through...

    Is he going to be a full time FF or a volunt.?

    FF jobs are very hard to come by and when you can get a full time gig its so worth it in the long run. Could you rent your home? Could he rent a small place or pay to stay at another FF's house that lives within that area?

    Most dept. will make you move within such a distance when you're on your "probation" period. It sucks, but has to be done. He could also talk to the chief and see if there's anything they can think of.

    Hope all goes well!

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  • natalieandchris1023natalieandchris1023

    It is full time, and he did wait a very long time for the job and they don't open up very often as you know I am sure. He is off probation now, so this is for the remainder of the 10 years that the law for that dept. states.

    The dept. isn't doing much to help, my husband will be the first to have to move as this is a new law for them, so it is that much harder, because there are people who are grandfathered in and they live up to 2 hours away from the station. It is just hard with being pregnant and not wanting to leave all of the family that we have so close now!

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  • MesmrEweMesmrEwe member

    Has he thought about becoming a dispatcher.. Or picking up a job with any number of the ambulance services in the region.. 

     Unfortunately it sounds like you're pretty much stuck here with having to choose between moving and the job.  It's a lot of money to lose on the cost of the house by having to move, OTOH, there's potential that you'll lose a lot more if he doesn't make the move in this case...

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