Fire & EMS

Kelly 9-day schedule calendar and PTO optimizer

Three 24-hour duty shifts separated by off days, followed by four consecutive days off. Align one known shift below to generate your calendar and find the strongest PTO bridges.

9-day cycle24 on · 24 off · 24 on · 24 off · 24 on · 4 days off

Best PTO opportunity

2 PTO shifts unlock 8 days off

Dec 28, 2025–Jan 4, 2026 · 48 PTO hours · 4.0 days away per PTO shift

8days
away

The bridge

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Back Jan 5

Dec 29Jan 3

2 PTO shifts+6 natural days off=8 consecutive days

Day Night Duty Off PTO

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

26O

27O

28O

2924

30O

3124

224

724

924

10O

1124

12O

13O

14O

15O

1624

17O

1824

19O

2024

21O

22O

23O

24O

2524

26O

2724

28O

2924

30O

31O

324

524

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Your best breaks in 2026

Choose a plan to highlight it on your calendar.

Quick answer

Do I work on this date?

Check any date against your current rotation.

Date to check

YOU WORKAug 25, 202624-hour duty · 24 scheduled hours

Year at a glance

Kelly in 2026

Scheduled shifts: 122
Scheduled hours: 2,928
Weekend shifts: 34
Holiday shifts: 1

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Your schedule stays private unless you choose to share it.

Cycle length9 days

Work shifts3

Hours per cycle72

Average weekly hours56

Longest work block1 days

Longest natural break4 days

Exact preset

How the Kelly cycle is mapped

Time Off Map treats the date on which a shift begins as its service date. Your selected known work date is matched to one position in the repeating sequence. Dates before and after that anchor are calculated in both directions, including leap days.

124-hour duty24h

2Off—

324-hour duty24h

4Off—

524-hour duty24h

6Off—

7Off—

8Off—

9Off—

Before relying on the calendar

This preset uses the common nine-day Kelly rotation.
The name Kelly schedule is used for other department-specific patterns too; confirm the cycle strip against your roster.

Common questions

Kelly schedule questions

Can one known work date identify my entire calendar?

Only when you also identify where that date sits in the repeating cycle. Schedules with several work positions are ambiguous otherwise, so Time Off Map asks you to choose the matching cycle day instead of silently guessing.

Does a holiday automatically remove my shift?

No. Rotating operations frequently continue through holidays. Holidays are informational unless you deliberately turn on the setting that treats U.S. federal holidays as non-working days.

Why might my employer’s Kelly schedule differ?

Schedule names are not universal standards. Relief times, fixed versus rotating shifts, Kelly or debit days, crew phases, and local agreements can change the sequence. Compare the visible preset with your roster before using the result.