{"id":2342,"date":"2025-10-14T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/2342\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:32:29","slug":"plano-becomes-first-texas-city-to-adopt-24-72-shift-schedule-for-firefighters-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/2342\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano becomes first Texas city to adopt 24\/72 shift schedule for firefighters, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plano is set to become first city in Texas to implement a 24-hour-on, 72-hour-off shift schedule for its firefighters, according to local officials. The city council unanimously approved a new contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/plano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Plano<\/a> Fire-Rescue Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Under the new agreement, PFR plans to hire 22 new members each year for the next five years, and in its fourth year transition from its current 24\/48 shift to the new 24\/72 shift. <\/p>\n<p>Plano Mayor John Muns said the decision shows how the city is committed to the well-being of both its residents and firefighters. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By investing in this new 24\/72 schedule and additional personnel, we are not only protecting the health of our firefighters but also ensuring the highest level of service for our community,&#8221; Muns said in a news release. &#8220;This decision reflects our dedication to keeping Plano a safe, thriving city with an outstanding quality of life for everyone who lives and works here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to PFR, its department has seen a 30% rise in calls for service over the past 10 years. Under the new schedule, firefighters will experience a 25% reduction in time on duty. <\/p>\n<p>PFR said this helps lower firefighters&#8217; exposure to both toxins and traumatic incidents, and also helps increase the amount of physical and mental rest firefighters will get. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PFR also hopes the new schedule attracts more applicants. The department has already seen a 300% increase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plano Fire-Rescue has a history of being one of the most progressive fire departments in Texas,&#8221; Plano Fire Chief Chris Biggerstaff said of the new approved changes. &#8220;I could not be more grateful to our Mayor, City Council and City Management for being the leaders in firefighter safety and well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plano is set to become first city in Texas to implement a 24-hour-on, 72-hour-off shift schedule for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[630,120,160,162,161,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-2342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-fire","9":"tag-firefighters","10":"tag-plano","11":"tag-plano-headlines","12":"tag-plano-news","13":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}