I've got a friend who's a FF over here and he's got so much time off it's unreal. Seems like a great job if you want to do lots of things in your spare time.
He's in a fairly quiet spot, he said most of the night shifts just mean 8 hours sleep at the station and then he has the whole day free, and a few days off in the same week FFS.
Saying that, he attended his first house fire and realised what he gets paid for... said he sh*t himself.
Well done on getting in, that's a keeper!