Joining the fire service?

[GeneticBubble]

Are any of the .org in the fire service or do any of you know anything about joining it? I've wanted to train to be a fire fighter for a while now rather than being stuck in a dead end job behind a till but have no idea where to begin?

any help would be appreciated

cheers Ben

[Captain Nemo]

try here maybe?

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/recruitment/

i know one thing , they look for people with initiative........

[Quedos]

thats the best place - fitness at the moment is a key thing ( mile in 6 mins if i remember) as well and be prepared for a barrage of pyschometric testing. Its a nightmare
work with Strathclyde and Brother is in Central. I'll help where i can
also check your local brigades web page

[G]

You'll be lucky to find anywhere recruiting.

They all underwent massive restructuring a couple of year ago from what I can remember in the press... and they'll need to be looking at cutting cost further with the most recent budgets.

It's probably easier arranging to meet the queen in person whilst naked than securing a job in the public sector right now.

[BernardBikerchick]

Are any of the .org in the fire service or do any of you know anything about joining it? I've wanted to train to be a fire fighter for a while now rather than being stuck in a dead end job behind a till but have no idea where to begin?

any help would be appreciated

cheers Ben

Hiya go to the LFS website first of all as it normally says if they are recruiting etc ...... normal process is 1 in 100 get through as they are normally swamped with applicants ...
but they do recruit and even if you start as retained and not whole time its a foot in the door to it .. physical test is way easier than people make out long as you are pretty fit think its the water pressures and the maths stuff that is hard .. pm me if u need any info was married to a fireman for 7 years and know a few in the trade still ..

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[Quedos]

You'll be lucky to find anywhere recruiting.

They all underwent massive restructuring a couple of year ago from what I can remember in the press... and they'll need to be looking at cutting cost further with the most recent budgets.

It's probably easier arranging to meet the queen in person whilst naked than securing a job in the public sector right now.

true but a lot of brigades will be seeing a lot of the staff leaving due to retirement and they need a minimum amounts to continue the service
many cuts are expected to be office based. but public sector is going to get a battering over the next few years

[Owenski]

try here maybe?

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/recruitment/

i know one thing , they look for people with initiative........]

my favorite post of the day!

[Biker Biggles]

try here maybe?

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/recruitment/

i know one thing , they look for people with initiative........

Check out that site.Hard to find any reference to firefighting.All swamped by the "value diversity multicultural" nonsense.You would think an emergency service had other things to worry about but no.

[CoolGirl]

My other half's a senior officer in the LFB. He lurks on here sometimes, but let me know if you want a word.

[Bluefish]

First off light a few fires and see how you get on with putting them out, just to see if it's what you really want of course. hth ;)

[cuffy]

Hiya go to the LFS website first of all as it normally says if they are recruiting etc ...... normal process is 1 in 100 get through as they are normally swamped with applicants ...
but they do recruit and even if you start as retained and not whole time its a foot in the door to it .
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Having had 1st hand experience at this i found that Wiltshire FB were very reluctant to let any retained go full time. I was in for 7 years and applied on numerous occasions, getting knocked back everytime.
I then decided to try my luck at Avon and Somerset FB, and upon talking to their recruiting officer he said that by already being in the retained it'd go against me due to the fact they can't fill all retained posts but they were recieving on average 200 applicants for every 1 full time vacancy.
I even had my old Divisional officer give me a glowing reference and what i thought was a helping hand on the ladder (No pun intended) but that too fell on deaf ears. So after that application went tits up n pear shaped i decided to cut my losses and left :(

If i had the chance to do it all again i would, very rewarding job, yes there are some harrowing sights but then you probably know that. People deal with it in different ways, some bottle it up, some talk and some make a joke of it, it's not disrepectful it's just their way. I fell into the latter category believe it or not :rolleyes:

Good luck with it.
Cuffy