For EMTs and paramedics

Twelves, twenty-fours and the calls that run past both

EMS schedules combine a fixed rotation with an unfixed finish. The rotation is knowable months out; whether you are home by seven is not, because a call at six-forty runs long and nobody at home can see it happening.

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The schedules this actually has to cope with

Freeish is built around these, not around a nine-to-five with the occasional exception.

24 on, 48 off

The classic, walking through the week on a three-day cycle so your days never land on the same weekday twice.

12-hour rotations

Days and nights in blocks, often with a shifting start to cover call volume rather than the clock.

Power shifts

A ten or twelve stacked over peak demand, which lands in the middle of everyone else's evening.

Late jobs

The reason "I finish at seven" is not a promise. A call in the last half hour can add hours.

What it sounds like at home

“My end of shift is a guess and my family plans around it anyway.”
“The rotation drifts through the week and nobody can keep track.”
“I sleep after a 24 and the house does not know to stay quiet.”
“Overtime gets picked up on short notice and nobody at home hears about it.”
“My partner works a normal week and our days off almost never overlap.”

Where Freeish fits

Set the rotation once and it keeps generating, so the calendar is right months ahead.

Extend a shift when a late job runs over — one change, and everyone sees it.

Recovery sleep after a 24 can go in as an event so it is visible rather than assumed.

If your partner uses it too, the app finds the days you are both actually off.

One week, start to finish

Chris, paramedic

Chris sets the 24/48 once and stops thinking about it.
His wife checks the week ahead instead of asking.
A late job pushes him two hours past end of shift; he extends the event from the ambulance bay.
The sleep block after the 24 shows up, so the kids know not to wake him.
They find the one weekend in five they are both off and book his mother's birthday.

Questions EMTs and paramedics ask

Does it handle a 24/48 or a Kelly rotation?

Yes. Set the pattern once and it repeats forward rather than needing re-entry each month.

What about overtime picked up on short notice?

Add it and it is immediately visible to everyone following you. That is usually faster than the text you would have sent.

Can I keep some things private?

Yes. Every event is public or private, and private means only you — enforced in the database rather than hidden in the interface.

Stop being the schedule. Start sharing it.

Now on iPhone — Android coming soon. Free to start. Import a photo of your next schedule and see who stops asking.