After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 540: Chapter 424: What is Ironman Quadrathlon?

"...I’ve been entrusted by the Detachment Party Committee to come and warn everyone!"

"In the Troops, the difficult paths are always uphill!"

"I hope that everyone will try their best until they are powerless and struggle until they move themselves!"

The Chief of Staff yelled and then left.

He filled everyone with spirit, and all carried honor in their hearts, their feet rushing forward without hesitation.

But before the Chief of Staff departed, he whispered to Fang Huai, "The idea is fine, but the Detachment is not a contract team, and there might be issues with the subsequent placement of your company’s... It’s going to be tough to keep everything evenly balanced."

Other leaders of the Detachment might not have known about Fang Huai’s family situation, but Fang Kaiyang, Director Fang, was there to donate to the family of the Hero Wang Yunkun along with Captain Zhang.

He was very generous and, being a discharged soldier, also very straightforward.

Seeing the Chief of Staff like this, Fang Huai knew he had taken the bait and, trying to suppress the urge to smile, deliberately asked for a few details with a serious face.

"How many people?"

"There should be twenty to thirty contract firefighters in our Detachment, mainly in the counties."

"I can’t guarantee jobs in the counties, Huai Power can at most ensure expansion to the city level."

"Having opportunities in the city is already good, aren’t they too picky?"

"Then... there won’t be other Detachments or even the whole corps coming to us later, right? We can’t accommodate contract firefighters from an entire corps."

In fact, Fang Huai wasn’t worried at all. How many contract firefighters could actually stay the full nine years in the whole province?

A dozen or twenty would be a lot.

Discharged soldiers who can persevere for nine years in firefighting, such determination, even if multiplied by three, the company would still manage.

However, he certainly couldn’t allow the Detachment to make random promises to other Detachments or even to the whole corps.

Who should make promises? They should be dealt directly with me, right?

My generosity compounds with interest!

The Chief of Staff, with his tunnel-vision thinking, couldn’t see through Fang Huai’s mind. He thought Fang Huai was genuinely concerned and immediately said:

"We definitely won’t make unreasonable demands of you! The contract system is very local; each Detachment usually handles it directly, sometimes the Big Team even signs contracts directly, just like the clerk mechanism! The Detachment level can decide on awards and evaluations! You don’t need to worry about the government policies, that’s our job, and we will definitely fight for what we should."

"But... we must ensure that we are working with discharged soldiers because only those who’ve served as soldiers can quickly accept and integrate into this management system."

Old Zhou became interested then, "I’d like to ask how you plan on managing?"

Fang Huai smacked his lips, "Management is very detailed; it’s hard to explain specifically. In general, they will have the same treatment as us, except for vacation time and cell phone management, which differ from the active duty system."

While enforcing strict management, we must also give equal respect.

"For example, for older contract firefighters with fewer years of active duty service, the younger soldiers should still address them as squad leaders. Guidance is guidance, but we must never have active duty soldiers looking down upon contract firefighters. Active duty soldiers should do more, especially for urgent, difficult, and dangerous tasks; they should take on the primary and assault duties."

"If there’s a sacrifice... with respect to the Hero evaluation..."

The Chief of Staff waved his hand, "The evaluation mechanism for contract firefighters is the same, but... the difference between local contract firefighters and institutional firefighters isn’t something we can resolve. That’s a larger issue; the police contracts are the same."

Fang Huai nodded, "This matter... we can’t change, but we can offer higher compensation in areas we can, to make up for it.

Of course, we’re not just pleasing anyone; the necessary training, relaxing, and compensation will be done fairly. I believe retaining people won’t be a problem. With individual cases of desertion, the Detachment must strengthen contract enforcement and punish breaches decisively. What is the concept of desertion in the Troops? The same standard must apply to local personnel."

"So... we need to emphasize the interview stage. The United States firefighting system, not to mention anything else, addresses very detailed aspects of career planning, job risk, and promotion evaluations during the interview, testing the psychological quality and skills of the candidates and understanding their motives for joining. Sometimes, the conversation can last for hours.

"And, as we were talking about this Hero evaluation issue, you have to clarify it to them, right?

"The interview is something we need to study."

"Of course, our national conditions are different, and eliminating nepotism is impossible, but interviews must be taken seriously and conducted strictly. We must be serious to make contracts effective."

"So, I’ll handle the quality control for our Squadron personally."

The Chief of Staff, having listened to this speech, got more serious and nodded continuously at Fang Huai.

"That’s good, you’ve clearly done your homework, and this attitude towards your work, I admire it."

Fang Huai smiled calmly, "I treat every step I take as a textbook example for others to follow, which is why I never cut corners."

"Hahaha! Good, you’ve got the right stuff! Keep it up!"

The Chief of Staff laughed heartily, got into the car, and drove away. freewebnσvel.cøm

Fang Huai watched the car disappear into the distance, raising an eyebrow.

He wasn’t naive enough to believe this would change the contract system or even the future treatment of the full-time teams. freewebnøvel.com

Improvement in contract firefighter benefits is not achieved overnight. To advocate for change, he needed to rise to a higher position and gain influence, but with a successful model and a group of brave and skilled contract firefighters, his voice would become louder in the future.

"Hey! Captain Fang, stop looking, they’ve gone, they’re far away now!"