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Yeah, but that's not constant work over that span. Most of it (and frequently all of it) is just sitting around the firehouse waiting for a call. In the meantime they can eat, sleep, watch TV, etc.
Edit: Ok, ok, there are duties that need to be done around the station so it's not all sitting around. But it's also not fighting fires 24 hours straight.
HA! Maybe firefighters, but EMS gets to sit around the firehouse once in a bloody blue moon. The 24 hour shifts suck, because the chances of you actually getting to sleep during the night hours are incredibly low.
Sure, there are going to be differences based on where you are working, but generally EMS is nearly call-to-call.
On a good shift, yes, we have down time. My current job I am usually lucky and get time to sit around, but it's not generally as relaxing as you'd think because at any time I need to be up and out the door within 90 seconds, so I'm always mentally in go mode.
My last job I didn't do 24s, but I did do 16s, and I had to work a lot of OT to pay rent, so it was not uncommon for me to work 6 days/80 hours a week and I definitely did not spend time sitting around the station. I was almost always out running calls. I'd come home, sleep for 3/4 hours and be out the door again to work.
Not trying to do the suffering one-upsmanship. I've had to do clinical shifts in the ER for my schooling and I hated every moment of it. I don't think you could pay me enough to work in a hospital, it's not my thing. I have deep respect for my nursing homies, I love them and always have had a great working relationship with them. OP commented that they don't know any other jobs with such ridiculous working requirements so I added two.
Fair enough.
In an ideal world those 48 hour shifts involve zero work