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Fired Texas Cadets Seek Reinstatement
In August, the San Antonio Fire Department took disciplinary action against six cadets for allegedly drinking during a lunch break. Four of the cadets resigned and two were fired.
Two of the six cadets are now talking about what happened, and have indicated they are asking for their jobs back.
1. They are all “At Will” employees until they secure the designation afforded them by tenure, FD SOP’s and Union rules. (In a “Right to Work State”)
2. Common sense, in every day living, is simple:
“Don’t drink and drive”.
3. While they were officially “Off of the Company Work Clock”, item number 2 still applies.
It’s too bad that this incident occurred.
It’s been determined that the effects of alcohol on the body, down to the cellular level, doesn’t really clear the body until after about 96 hours.
Which means, when you go to the Holiday Season’s party’s the night before your
work duty shift, consider that:
What you drink at 2100 hours, will affect your at 08/0900 hours at shift change, even though your BAC level may only register a 0.1 on a breathalyzer.