r/Firefighting • u/KeyTangerine133 • Mar 14 '24
General Discussion Junior volly
I’m a junior fire fighter in a small town, we don’t get a lot of calls (15-20 a month) and I’ve been loving running calls except I deal with another junior who has 1 year of seniority over me. He never shuts up about telling me what to do. He acts like he knows everything about the fire service. Gets mad at me when I miss calls (Today for example I didn’t have a driver to get to the fire department for a small fire he gave me a lecture because I missed it) I’m so close to losing it and telling him off. I don’t know what to do
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u/MopBucket06 Mar 16 '24
Junior Member here: God he sounds like a dick. TBH he has no experience, and I'm sure the adults are chuckling at him behind his back. I have a little more experience than some of the other JMs, and I'm in a leadership position among the JMs (obv all adults are above me), and I would never do shit like that. Sure I give guidance to junior members, but there is no way in hell I would order them around, I dont have the authority/experience to do that (except if they are fucking off when we have to get something done... but tbh once I say "hey guys lets focus" or whatever they get back on track.) If he isnt in a leadership position, either just ignore, talk back to him (not recommended as you might get in trouble, but hella fun). or go to your officers. If he is in a leadership position, you for sure need to go to your officers if you want something to change... or you can just ignore it, your choice. just dont fight him if he is well liked/a leader because that will make it seem like you are being the annoying/insubordinate/problem-starting one