Firefighting Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Kelly day n. The city has proposed new procedures to allow firefighters to voluntarily work on “Kelly Days” or scheduled days off that firefighters take each pay period to keep from exceeding federal labor laws on overtime. Those working on a Kelly Day, however, would still be counted as off for scheduling purposes. [English Employment Firefighting] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2007)

Kelly day n. The delegation…explained that firemen work one day and have the next day off with every 10th day designated as a “Kelly” day or day off. This schedule is followed except during the vacation period when the Kelly days are granted every 12th day. [English Employment Firefighting] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2007)

Kelly day n. The proposal that fire fighters be given every 16th day off was made to the city council.…The request for Kelly days, for which Cedar Rapids fire fights ask only 22 a year instead of the 24 or more enjoyed by other departments, was not specifically denied.…Iowa cities which now provide Kelly days for their fire departments are: Sioux City, 3 days a month; Des Moines, 2 days; Davenport, 2 days; Mason City, 1 day; Burlington, 4 days; Ottumwa, 1 day; Council Bluffs, 1 day; Waterloo, 1 day; Keokuk, 1 day. [English Employment Firefighting] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2007)

Kelly shift n. Under what is known as the “Kelly shift,” adopted by the Fire Department in 1969, firefighters worked a 27-day rotation consisting of one 24-hour shift, followed by 48 hours off. After repeating that cycle seven times, they got six days off in row. [English Employment Firefighting] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2007)

Kelly time n. My department uses the phrase kelly time. FLSA allows firefighters to work up to 204 hours within a 28 day period without requiring the employer to pay overtime. Anything over 204 must be paid at time and one half. All firemen at my station are assigned to a 24 hour shift and must work 216 hours within a 28 day period. We are required to take 12 hours of kelly time off within that 28 days to avoid overtime. [English Employment Firefighting] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2007)

mop and glow v. phr. I believe when I became a HazMat Tech. Cont. Ed. hours was offered for EMS recerts.…Become a tech, doing the mop and glow stuff is actually kinda fun once ya get into it. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Firefighting] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2005)

mop and glow v. phr. Your union dues here goes to help pay the rent on the office, office supplies, this web site, the training material Capt. Randy Blanchard is using to train our future haz mat team (AKA the Mop and Glow Team ) and other such items. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Firefighting] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2005)

mop and glow v. phr. We are mostly haz mat aware only and count on a county team of suckers to do the mop and glow stuff, but the city wants 2 engines at Tech Level asap. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Firefighting Police] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2005)

park v. Trim branches six feet from the ground. This practice, known as “parking” a tree, prevents ground fires from igniting leaves or needles on higher tree limbs. [English Firefighting Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (May. 16, 2008)

per piece manning n. In fire safety circles, “per piece manning” is the term for the approach that the union and mayor have endorsed in negotiations to settle a contract that expired last July. McKay explained how “per piece manning” would change deployment, which traditionally in Gloucester has emphasized spreading the available firefighters on a shift as broadly as possible in an effort to keep teams in the outlying stations. With per-piece manning, McKay said, the teams might arrive from headquarters somewhat later than if deployed from a neighborhood station, but when they get to a fire, their capacity to fight it and remain safe would be maximized. [English Firefighting Jargon] [full cite] (Mar. 17, 2008)

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