VIDEO: Four Columbus fire stations will be getting technology that is meant to help first responders get better rest during a 24-hour shift.
A shift like that can be challenging. Firefighters are usually woken up several times throughout the night.
“The thought of sleeping just isn’t a thing. It’s more just rest. And not a true sleep,” Battalion Chief Jeffrey Geitter said. In all but one Columbus fire station, no matter the type of call, everyone at the station hears the alarm to go.
“The majority of our runs in the Columbus Division of Fire are medical related. So the paramedic vehicles go out often multiple times a night in certain stations. And so everyone at that station is now woken up for an incident they don’t need to respond on,” Geitter said.
That is not the case at Station 16 in North Linden.