Has Mark Hodiak (Letters, May 25) considered doing what the rest of us do: Sleep at home and work when we go to work?

Let's be honest, firefighters' stand-down time on night shifts is sleep time.

As for the 15-hour shift, firefighters choose to join the fire brigade knowing that is the shift pattern. No one is forcing them to do it.

It seems to me that our money could be much more efficiently used than paying for firefighters to sleep for seven hours.

I also do night shifts (13 hours), have one hour off (unpaid) and

am not allowed to sleep as I have to be available if needed. I am a nurse.

Mary Boak

-Rosslyn Road, Shoreham