taylorwagner221 said:
Full time firefighters have quite a bit of time off so I know I could schedule it to work
Regarding scheduling conflicts.
Depending on the city you work for, they should not be a major inconvenience.
For example, TFS permits thirty (30) duty exchanges in any calendar year. For any reason.
That may not sound like a lot, but when you consider they work 24-hour tours, not many exchanges should be required.
It sounds like you intend to join the Reserves prior to becoming a career Firefighter? If so, you may have your BMQ and ( at least some of ) your trade training completed before hiring on the job.
The City also has a Military Leave Policy.
taylorwagner221 said:
but is there rules that say you cant or protocols that contradict with eachother as they are both emergency service jobs?
As others mentioned, no problem for career Firefighters being members of the Reserves ( or any other secondary job, other than Emergency Services ).
Article XV, Section 3 of the IAFF Constitution: “Any member of the Association found working a secondary job as a paid-on-call firefighter or an employee of a public employer, nonprofit corporation, or a private contracting firm providing fire protection or emergency medical services to a city, county, municipality, or a fire protection district as a volunteer, reserve, part-time, part-paid, police officer, police reserve, or public safety officer may be subject to charges being filed against that member”