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Introduction Healthy sleep is vital for firefighter safety, health, wellness, and for public well-being. However, professional firefighters experience disturbed sleep at disproportionately high rates. The current study investigated whether firefighters can obtain healthy sleep by identifying (1) differences in sleep while “on-duty” and “off-duty” and (2) risk factors for poor sleep. Methods Professional firefighters in Richmond, Virginia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (N=268), reported their sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) both on- and off-duty. Good and poor sleepers were identified using the PSQI global score cutoff of 5. Demographic and STOP-BANG questionnaires were also completed. Results Using a repeated measures MANOVA, on-duty sleep was significantly worse compared to off-duty sleep across PSQI component and global scores F(7, 253)=45.24 p&amp;lt;.001, η²=.56. On-duty, 76.1% of firefighters were classified as poor sleepers compared to 42.9% off-duty. 34.7% were reclassified as good sleepers or stayed good sleepers (22.4%) when off-duty. A sizeable minority experienced consistently poor sleep while on- and off-duty (41.4%), and a small number reported worse sleep when off-duty (1.5%). More night calls and poorer self-rated mental health predicted worse on-duty sleep (p&amp;lt;.001) and poorer self-rated mental health predicted worse off-duty sleep (p&amp;lt;.001). Conclusion Healthy sleep is possible for professional firefighters. Almost a quarter of the sample was classified as “good sleepers” on-duty and over half were classified as “good sleepers” off-duty. Nonetheless, sleep on-duty was significantly worse overall, with over a third of the sample experiencing consistently poor sleep. When working a 24-hour variable shift schedule, it appears that poor sleep may “carryover” from on-duty to off-duty. Poorer self-rated mental health and more night calls were identified as risk factors. Further research is needed to probe risk and protective factors within this population. Support

0313 Is Healthy Sleep Possible for Professional Firefighters? A Comparison of “On-Duty” and “Off-Duty” Sleep Quantity and Quality