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cargraphics4u.com
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4th Nov 04 at 20:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have been thinking about doing this for a while now. Is anyone on here a retained firefighter or full time firefighter?
Cavey
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I thought it said Retarded at first

I'm neither.
ljames555
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www.fireservice.co.uk

i am hoping to be a full time firefighter in the next couple of years

[Edited on 04-11-2004 by ljames555]
Ben
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when i finish my training as a sparky i am gonna go and train to be one.
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bump....

anyone else?
Ally
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Nope Police for me
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Nuclear war
StuartGee
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My brother is Retained, one of my best mates was also for a year then joined police.

Sometimes wish I could join, but don't actually work in Ellon, and work is miles away from nearest retained station, so it's not as if I could run with Kintore(think they have retained??) during the day and Ellon at night/weekends.
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what does your brother think of the job?
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He really enjoys it, got a good social side to it as well.

However, not the greatest when you turn up to a car crash and have to cut folk out their cars, especially when dead, and especially when it's young kids.
It's kind of harsh, but it has made him wise up a lot with regards to his driving style, and he gave all of my sisters mates a bollocking one day after attending a fatal crash involving a young guy in his Nova, told them he didn't want to have to cut them out of a car as they all drive like wankers.
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whats the difference between retained and non retained?
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It sounds quite good so far from all of the people I have spoken to about it.
I think I would be ok with seeing the gory/unpleasant side of it. I've seen horrible before, first hand (one of my friends died in a car accident) so think I would be ok with it.

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quote:
Originally posted by HeNdie
whats the difference between retained and non retained?


retained is where you commit to a certain number of hours per week, which your 'on call' you have to remain within 5 minutes of the fire station at all times, you have a pager and have to go to the staion when your pager goes off. You get paid a retained fee then paid for each incident you attend and also a fee for attending a drill night for two hours a week.

[Edited on 08-11-2004 by graficxpress]
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couldnt do that no way! But im looking into going into the firebrigade full time in a few years.
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dunno if you know, but can u do a 9-5 5 days a week. Or is firebrigade all about shifts?
StuartGee
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All about shifts mate!
ljames555
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my dad is a leading firefighter does 2days 9-5 then 2 nights 5pm - 9am then has like 4 days off but he does come home at 9am on his 1st day off from night shift.
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ljames555
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why dont you ring up your local firestation they should point you in the right direction
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Already have, been down there for a chat already and going to a drill night tommorow. Just wanted to see if anyone had any first hand experience.

[Edited on 09-11-2004 by graficxpress]
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