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Kelly 24/48 schedule

One 24-hour shift, then two full days off. It’s the 24/48 that fire and EMS crews work, and some departments add a Kelly day to bring the week down.

Start on January 5, 2026 and New Year’s Eve is a shift, 7 AM to 7 AM, so you see 2027 in at work. Pick your own day 1, a Kelly schedule or a 48/96 in the calendar and it redraws.

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Day 1 here is Monday, January 5.

Kelly day calculator

A Kelly day every seventh shift cuts the overtime past 212 hours from 152 hours to 16 in 2026, with the 28-day period starting on day 1. Start the period on another day and it’s 148 to 172 hours without the Kelly day, 0 to 20 with it. 2027 has 17 Kelly days with day 1 on Monday, January 5, 2026. Pick a Kelly in the calendar below and put in your day 1.

  • Plain 24/483-day cycle, the built-in one56 ha week
  • A Kelly day every 7th shift21-day cycle48 ha week
  • The 9-day Kelly9-day cycle, the days off at the end56 ha week

What is a Kelly day?

A scheduled shift you are given off, so that the average week comes down. Each department decides how often. Take every seventh shift off a 24/48 and the average week drops from 56 hours to 48.

“Kelly schedule” can also mean a 9-day cycle: 24 on, 24 off, 24 on, 24 off, 24 on, 96 off. That makes it a 56-hour Kelly, the same average week as a plain 24/48, with the rest bunched into four days.

Fire departments on the FLSA 28-day work period owe overtime past 212 hours (29 CFR 553.230). Every 28 days of a plain 24/48 go past it.

How does overtime work on a 24/48 schedule?

Fire departments can use the FLSA’s 28-day work period, with overtime after 212 hours. Any 28 days of a 24/48 hold 9 or 10 shifts, 216 or 240 hours, so every period goes over.

TurnoRest finds 152 hours of overtime in 2026 on that rule, with the 28-day period starting on day 1. At $28 an hour, with no night or weekend differential, the year comes to $84,112 before taxes.

To check one pay period on that rule, use the shift pay calculator.

Kelly 24/48 schedule calendar 2026–2027

Day 1 of the cycle is Monday, January 5, 2026 here. Change it to yours and 2026 redraws.

No Kelly days in this one, and no full weekend off: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday has one shift among them, and Friday’s runs into Saturday morning. Departments set Kelly days their own way; pick a Kelly below, or see them side by side above.

Which 24-hour schedule
Shifts in 2026
122
Hours on the schedule
2,928h
Full weekends off
0of 52
Days off
243

How many hours a year is a 24/48 schedule?

2,904 hours in 2027, which is 121 shifts, and 2,928 in 2026, with day 1 on Monday, January 5, 2026.

The 2,912 you’ll see quoted is 56 hours times 52 weeks, an average no real year hits. A year holds whole shifts, 121 or 122 of them, so 2,904 or 2,928 hours.

January 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off
4 off5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off
11 24-hour shift12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift
18 off19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off
25 off26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off31 off
February 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off6 off7 24-hour shift
8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off13 24-hour shift14 off
15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift20 off21 off
22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off27 off28 24-hour shift
March 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 off3 24-hour shift4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off
8 off9 24-hour shift10 off11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off
15 24-hour shift16 off17 off18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift
22 off23 off24 24-hour shift25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off
29 off30 24-hour shift31 off
April 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off
5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift
12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off
19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off
26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off
May 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift
3 off4 off5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off
10 off11 24-hour shift12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off
17 24-hour shift18 off19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift
24 off25 off26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off
31 off
June 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off6 off
7 24-hour shift8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off13 24-hour shift
14 off15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift20 off
21 off22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off27 off
28 24-hour shift29 off30 off
July 202611 shifts264 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift
5 off6 off7 24-hour shift8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off
12 off13 24-hour shift14 off15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off
19 24-hour shift20 off21 off22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift
26 off27 off28 24-hour shift29 off30 off31 24-hour shift
August 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off
2 off3 24-hour shift4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off
9 24-hour shift10 off11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift
16 off17 off18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off
23 off24 24-hour shift25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off
30 24-hour shift31 off
September 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off5 24-hour shift
6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift12 off
13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off19 off
20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off26 24-hour shift
27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off
October 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off
4 off5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off
11 24-hour shift12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift
18 off19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off
25 off26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off31 off
November 202610 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off6 off7 24-hour shift
8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off13 24-hour shift14 off
15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift20 off21 off
22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off27 off28 24-hour shift
29 off30 off
December 202611 shifts264 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off
6 off7 24-hour shift8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off
13 24-hour shift14 off15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift
20 off21 off22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off
27 off28 24-hour shift29 off30 off31 24-hour shift

Kelly 24/48 schedule calendar 2027

Carried on from 2026
January 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 off
3 24-hour shift4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off9 24-hour shift
10 off11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift16 off
17 off18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off23 off
24 24-hour shift25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off30 24-hour shift
31 off
February 20279 shifts216 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off5 24-hour shift6 off
7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift12 off13 off
14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off19 off20 24-hour shift
21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off26 24-hour shift27 off
28 off
March 202711 shifts264 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off6 off
7 24-hour shift8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off13 24-hour shift
14 off15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift20 off
21 off22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off27 off
28 24-hour shift29 off30 off31 24-hour shift
April 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 off3 24-hour shift
4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off9 24-hour shift10 off
11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift16 off17 off
18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off23 off24 24-hour shift
25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off30 24-hour shift
May 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off
2 off3 24-hour shift4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off
9 24-hour shift10 off11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift
16 off17 off18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off
23 off24 24-hour shift25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off
30 24-hour shift31 off
June 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off5 24-hour shift
6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift12 off
13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off19 off
20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off26 24-hour shift
27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off
July 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off
4 off5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off
11 24-hour shift12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift
18 off19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off
25 off26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off31 off
August 202711 shifts264 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 24-hour shift2 off3 off4 24-hour shift5 off6 off7 24-hour shift
8 off9 off10 24-hour shift11 off12 off13 24-hour shift14 off
15 off16 24-hour shift17 off18 off19 24-hour shift20 off21 off
22 24-hour shift23 off24 off25 24-hour shift26 off27 off28 24-hour shift
29 off30 off31 24-hour shift
September 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 off3 24-hour shift4 off
5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off9 24-hour shift10 off11 off
12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift16 off17 off18 24-hour shift
19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off23 off24 24-hour shift25 off
26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off30 24-hour shift
October 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 off
3 24-hour shift4 off5 off6 24-hour shift7 off8 off9 24-hour shift
10 off11 off12 24-hour shift13 off14 off15 24-hour shift16 off
17 off18 24-hour shift19 off20 off21 24-hour shift22 off23 off
24 24-hour shift25 off26 off27 24-hour shift28 off29 off30 24-hour shift
31 off
November 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off5 24-hour shift6 off
7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift12 off13 off
14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off19 off20 24-hour shift
21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off26 24-hour shift27 off
28 off29 24-hour shift30 off
December 202710 shifts240 h
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1 off2 24-hour shift3 off4 off
5 24-hour shift6 off7 off8 24-hour shift9 off10 off11 24-hour shift
12 off13 off14 24-hour shift15 off16 off17 24-hour shift18 off
19 off20 24-hour shift21 off22 off23 24-hour shift24 off25 off
26 24-hour shift27 off28 off29 24-hour shift30 off31 off

48/96 and 24/72 schedules

The 48/96 averages the same 56 hours a week as the 24/48, worked as two 24-hour shifts back to back and then four days off. The 24/72 gives you a third day off after every shift and comes down to 42 hours a week.

  • 48/966-day cycle, two shifts back to back56 ha week
  • 24/724-day cycle42 ha week

How many hours a year is a 48/96 schedule?

2,904 hours in 2027, from 121 shifts of 24 hours, with day 1 on Monday, January 5, 2026. Start the cycle on another day and it’s 2,904 or 2,928 hours, the same as a 24/48. A 24/72 comes to 2,184 hours in 2027.

Does a 48/96 go over 212 hours?

Not always. Any 28 days of a 48/96 hold 8 to 10 shifts, 192 to 240 hours, so a period can end under 212, depending on the day it starts. In 2026, with the 28-day period starting on day 1, TurnoRest counts 228 hours of overtime on the fire rule, more than the 152 of a 24/48. Each period is counted on its own, so a short one doesn’t cancel a long one. Start the period on another day and the 48/96 has 147 to 252 hours, the 24/48 148 to 172. A 24/72 never reaches the line, since any 28 days hold 7 shifts, 168 hours.

Is sleep time paid on a 48/96?

Under section 7(k), yes, unless your department and its crews agreed to leave it out. That agreement only works on a tour longer than 24 hours, like the 48 of a 48/96, and takes out at most 8 hours of sleep in each 24. A call during the night counts as work, and if calls leave you under 5 hours of sleep, the whole night counts. On a tour of exactly 24 hours, like the 24/48, sleep always counts under 7(k). A department on the 40-hour week can leave out up to 8 hours of sleep on tours of 24 hours or more, by agreement, if crews have beds and usually sleep through the night. TurnoRest counts every hour of every shift.

The rules are 29 CFR 553.222 and 29 CFR 785.22.

Kelly schedule pay calculator

It opens on the fire rule, overtime past 212 hours in 28 days, with no night or weekend differential. Change either if your department pays them.

Your rate
= $0.00 an hour
= $0.00 an hour
Night work is 10 PM to 7 AM. Overtime is +50%, time and a half.

Gross for 2026: $84,112.00, $1,613.11 a week on average.

2026, before taxesovertime over 212 h in 28 days

At $28 an hour, the example rate, with no night or weekend differential.

$84,112

$1,613.11 a week on average.Two-week checks, counted from day 1, run from $2,688.00 to $3,752.00.

Base2,928 h × $28.00
$81,984.00
Night work1,098 h
$0.00
Weekend823 h
$0.00
Overtime152 h, the extra +50% on the regular rate
$2,128.00
Gross for 2026
$84,112.00

The week’s total is free. Pro splits each pay period into lines, with the overtime past 212 hours on one of its own. What Pro costs.

The pay calculator takes these numbers one pay period at a time, and shows how each line and each overtime rule is counted.

FLSA 7(k) work periods

Under section 7(k) a fire or police department can count overtime over a work period of 7 to 28 days instead of a week. For fire the line runs from 212 hours in 28 days down to 53 in 7.

Hours worked before overtime is due under section 7(k), by the length of the work period
Work periodFirePolice
28 days212 h171 h
27 days204 h165 h
26 days197 h159 h
25 days189 h153 h
24 days182 h147 h
23 days174 h141 h
22 days167 h134 h
21 days159 h128 h
20 days151 h122 h
19 days144 h116 h
18 days136 h110 h
17 days129 h104 h
16 days121 h98 h
15 days114 h92 h
14 days106 h86 h
13 days98 h79 h
12 days91 h73 h
11 days83 h67 h
10 days76 h61 h
9 days68 h55 h
8 days61 h49 h
7 days53 h43 h
The hours are those of 29 CFR 553.230, rounded to the whole hour as it says. The DOL’s Fact Sheet #8 gives the 14-day row as its example, 106 hours for fire and 86 for police. The app and the pay calculator above count by the 28-day row.

Do paramedics and EMTs fall under the 212-hour rule?

Yes, if the department uses the 7(k) work period and they’re trained and authorized to fight fires. It has to be the fire department of a city, county, fire district or state. That’s how the rule defines fire protection, and it names paramedics, EMTs, rescue workers and ambulance crews. Dispatchers and other civilian staff are left out. So is anyone at a private ambulance company, since 7(k) covers only public agencies.

The definition is in 29 CFR 553.210, and the public-agency rule in 29 CFR 553.201.

The 3-day cycle

One shift, two days off, over and over. Each crew works one day in three, 56 hours a week on average.

2027 holds 121 shifts and 2,904 hours, against 122 shifts in 2026.

TurnoRest

Kelly 24/48

3-day cycle24 h shifts

7 AM–7 AM

Average week
56 h
Shift
24 h
Shifts overnight
All
Days off in a row
2
Day 1 is the first day of your cycle1 of 3 days worked
Shift
24 h
Cycle
3 days
Average week
56 h
Hours per cycle
24 h
Days worked per cycle
1 of 3
Longest run of shifts
1
Overnight
Every shift runs through the night
Longest break
2 days
Shortest rest between shifts
48 h
Full weekends off
None

Day 1 is a 24-hour shift, from 7 AM to 7 AM the next morning. Then 2 days off, and it starts again.

Kelly 24/48: what each crew works on each of the first 21 days, starting from crew A’s day 1.
Crew123456789101112131415161718192021
A24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off
BDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay off
CDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 hDay offDay off24 h
Read down any column and you’ll find one crew on, and the rest off.

24/48 pros and cons

Two days off after every shift is the draw. Each shift is a full day and a night.

Pros

  • Two full days off after every shift, all year.

  • 121 trips to work in 2027, against 182 on a 12-hour rotation like DuPont.

Cons

None of these limits is law for most US workers. The sleep planner lists where each comes from.

Putting Kelly 24/48 in the app

Settings › Schedule in TurnoRest, with Kelly 24/48 and the day 1 from the calendar above
  1. Pattern

    Pick Kelly 24/48 (24 h) from the list.

  2. First day of the cycle

    Set it to your day 1, the date in the calendar above.

Support explains how to find your day 1.

Adding Kelly 24/48 to the iPhone Calendar by hand takes one event that repeats every 3 days. With Pro it’s one switch.

How do I put a 48/96 or a Kelly schedule in the app?

Pick Kelly 24/48 (24 h), and Draw my own pattern… opens the editor on its three days, with the 24-hour shift on day 1. Every 24-hour shift has to be a copy of that one, since the editor’s Length stops at 16 hours.

For a 24/72, tap Add day. For a 48/96, tap Repeat the cycle (duplicate), then Edit, and drag day 4 up under day 1. A Kelly takes a few repeats, then deleting days and removing shifts until the cycle matches your department’s. The app shows a 48 as two 24-hour shifts, and flags the lack of rest between them.

Questions

  • What is a 24/48 schedule?

    A 24-hour shift followed by 48 hours off, on a 3-day cycle. Every shift runs through a night. In TurnoRest it starts at 7 AM and hands over at 7 AM the next day. Three platoons, a day apart, cover every day of the year.

  • How many hours a week is a 24/48?

    56 hours on average. Sunday to Saturday you work two or three shifts, so a week is 48 or 72 hours.

  • Why is it called a Kelly day?

    Most likely after Edward Kelly, the mayor of Chicago who in 1936 got the city’s firefighters an extra day off.

    The story comes from A Way with Words, the radio show about language.

One on, two off: day 3 of 3 on your Home Screen.

The ring counts the 3-day cycle, and beside it sit the next shift, 7:00 AM–7:00 AM, and the sleep before it.

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Scan it with your iPhone for the app and your two answersKelly 24/48, day 1 on Mon, Jan 5, 2026
The Home Screen widget on Kelly 24/48