You are assigned to the outlying station in your rural fire district as the Firefighter/EMT. This station houses an engine and ambulance, but staffs only one person due to the design of your system. You are one of four stations staffed this way today and it has been a quiet week.The wife (husband, significant other) recently got a job at a local restaurant. Your home is an hours drive away on a quiet dark highway.
At 11:30 PM the phone rings and your other feels too tired to make the drive home safely after working a double. You offer to meet at the gas station near the highway for a coffee and a pep talk when they tell you they are too tired even for that.
10 minutes later, they are at the door asking to lay down just for a little while.
Your Department's policy states no visitors after 8 PM. You make the Call.
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(And actually, I just commented to I could get the answers in case my feed broke)
Once everyone knows what is going on then you can make a plan to get your loved on home safely.
I would let her lay down...everyone I know knows I don't have chance in hell of "getting any" so there wouldn't be anything going on!!!
Ok, maybe I am kidding a little...there might be a chance.
Actually, it is 11:30pm so I am not waking my supervisor up. I would probably let her nap on the couch in the day room (with at least one light on) while I stayed up watching tv.
She could nap for an hour or so then she would be out the door with some coffee in hand.
The following shift, or in the morning, I would probably let my supervisor in on it so they understood what happened and so that they didn't find out another way. If there are consequences then so be it.
If I could lose my job over it then mums the word and I would deny it til my death...unless they have pictures.
DaveO
Let your supervisor know? Nope. No reason to bother them at 11:30pm. Did they hire you because they trusted you to make good decisions with people's lives? Then make a good decision here. No use calling too much attention to yourself.