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Jake

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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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8th Jul 05 at 23:09

I'm currently doing a brickwork course at college but my mum pointed out an ad in the paper about fire fighting and am seriously considering applying. Is anyone currently a fire fighter and could give me abit more info about it all?

thanks

VegasPhil

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8th Jul 05 at 23:09

I'd love to do it. Couldn't face the car accidents tho. That's what puts me off.

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LukeGSi

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8th Jul 05 at 23:12

I'm not in the fire service but I do work for the emergency services.

My only piece of advice is be sure about what you want, it becomes a way of life as opposed to a job.

If you enjoy what you do then life is easy and I love it. Salary might not be the best but the job satisfaction is

Good luck fella

glennpanton

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9th Jul 05 at 07:55

think of the women wanting you too.

adelcorsa

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9th Jul 05 at 09:59

my bf applied to do this
think there was like 5000 apply and he got to last 50 before they said we need more women and ethnic minorities to join

myke

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9th Jul 05 at 13:39

a friend of mine is in training at the moment.
they accepted him midway through last year, but a place on a training course only just became available.
#morton-on-Marsh or something similar is where the training camp is. apparently they train foreign s.w.a.t teams there aswell.

he seems to be really enjoying it. says it's fucking hard work, but all fun/interesting.
3months training then 2 weeks to recover before yyou get posted.
£19k starting salary aint bad.,

Jake

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9th Jul 05 at 17:58

tbh honest. I know the money isnt amazing but to do something 'different' so to speak every day and work all over the place interests me. Just seems to me to be a really interesting job overal.

Jake

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9th Jul 05 at 17:59

quote:
Originally posted by LukeGSi
I'm not in the fire service but I do work for the emergency services.

My only piece of advice is be sure about what you want, it becomes a way of life as opposed to a job.

If you enjoy what you do then life is easy and I love it. Salary might not be the best but the job satisfaction is

Good luck fella

cheers mate

large-sri

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9th Jul 05 at 19:13

i think it takes a special person to do that job. go for it, good luck

Jake

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9th Jul 05 at 19:13

thanks alot.

Nath

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9th Jul 05 at 19:15

quote:
Originally posted by adelcorsa
my bf applied to do this
think there was like 5000 apply and he got to last 50 before they said we need more women and ethnic minorities to join

So he was perfectly good but wasn't an ethnic minority and/or woman? Fucking harsh!

large-sri

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9th Jul 05 at 19:18

quote:
Originally posted by adelcorsa
my bf applied to do this
think there was like 5000 apply and he got to last 50 before they said we need more women and ethnic minorities to join

that is so wrong it makes me mad

CORSA NUT

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9th Jul 05 at 19:21

Yeah was going to say about getting in..

Impossible

My eyesight kept me out

Jake

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9th Jul 05 at 19:33

sorry to hear that mate. I sent off for the info pack and read up about it some more.

Chump

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9th Jul 05 at 19:55

my brother does it part-time (retained) and he loves it.....some of the stories he tells me though proves you need a strong stomach to handle it....like the time he attended an RTA which was a head on smash. The old couple in one of the cars were....lets just say....in the footwell when he arrived

Twiggy

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9th Jul 05 at 19:57

only thing holding me back is that i wud have to get fit...

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