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24/48 shift calendar 2027
24/48 is the simplest fire service rotation there is: one 24 hour shift, then 48 hours off, repeat. The cycle is 3 days long, and three platoons staggered one day apart put exactly one on duty every calendar day.
This page lays the cycle onto the real dates of 2027 for a platoon whose first shift falls on January 1. Your duty day walks through the week, Monday this cycle, Thursday the next, then Sunday, realigning every 21 days.
24/48 (24h), 2027
The grid shows a crew whose cycle starts January 1, 2027; other crews run the same rotation offset by a few days. The 3 day cycle does not divide evenly into weeks, so the rotation drifts through the weekdays. Other crews get a similar year, just shifted. To line the pattern up with your real start date, use the interactive shift pattern visualizer.
The 2027 numbers
Full weekends off
0
Jan 1 crew; all crews: 0
24 hour shifts
122
each runs 7am to 7am the next day
Recovery days
122
the morning after each shift
Longest stretch
1
consecutive shifts
How many hours is 24/48 in 2027?
Worked in full, 24/48 in 2027 comes to 122 shifts of 24 hours: 2,928 hours, an average of 56.1 hours a week across the whole year. Every one of those shifts runs from one morning to the next, so each covers two calendar days. These figures assume every scheduled shift is worked: no overtime, no swaps, no sick days, no leave.
Put 24/48 2027 in your calendar
One file, every shift of the year, ready for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. Every shift imports as a 24 hour event, 7am to 7am the next morning. Edit the times after import if your department changes over at a different hour.
A perfect rotation fits in a calendar file. A real roster does not.
Swaps, overtime, and holiday cover break the pattern. Reading a real roster is what the Lumical app does: photograph it and every shift lands in your calendar, overnights included. We make it, so weigh the recommendation accordingly.
Common questions
What is the 24/48 shift schedule?
A 3 day cycle: one 24 hour shift, then two days off, repeat. Three platoons staggered one day apart cover every calendar day. It is the most common way US fire departments run 24 hour shifts.
How many hours is 24/48 in 2027?
2,928 hours for the January 1 platoon: 122 shifts of 24 hours, averaging 56.1 a week. The cycle itself averages 56 hours a week (24 hours per 3 days). No single week contains 56: real weeks catch two or three shifts, so they swing between 48 and 72 hours.
Does 24/48 ever give a completely untouched weekend?
No. A shift starts every third day, and Friday, Saturday, Sunday are three consecutive days, so one of them always holds a start or carries a shift into Saturday morning. The count for 2027 is 0, for every platoon. Most weekends still hand you one clear day.
How many of the off days are full days off?
Each 48 opens with a recovery morning: you walk out of the station at handover and are due back the morning after next. In 2027 that makes 122 recovery days and 121 full days off. You never get more than two nights in your own bed in a row.
How does 24/48 compare to 48/96?
Same platoons, same 56 hour average, different shape. 48/96 stacks two 24s back to back and pays out four days off, which halves the trips to the station and buys a real break, at the cost of 48 straight hours away from home. The 48/96 calendar on this site draws the same year for comparison.