ianofbhills
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
Location: newcastle
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Anybody on here a fire man or know a fire fighter?
I have some questions
I've heard its pretty hard to get in and become a firefighter how do you apply and suceed?
Whats the pay like, straight away and as you progress?
What shifts do they work?
Is there an age limit for recruiting?
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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i'm sure there is at least one on here, can't think for the life of me who it is though. I looked into it, and occasionally your local station will hold a recruitment day. Best thing to do is find the website for your local force. From memory there was a fair bit of info on the south wales fire service website.
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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try getting an interview then find out about the other stuff. i went to get an application form a couple of months ago and the queue was about 60deep. alot of builders who have lost their jobs on site are trying to get in aswell
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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http://www.fireservice.co.uk/recruitment/
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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My grandad was one and all he said to me is be prepared to pull mutilated bodies from car wrecks. He said thats the one thing that will stay with him. The satisfaction you get from saving people is amazing though, you gotta be headstrong and a strong stomach. He has never regretted doing it though.
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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i applied for a fire fighter before, you have to be 18+ if you apply and get a form, fill them in as neat as possible, photcopy the form a couple of times make sure you make no mistakes on the proper sheet. and make it neat as possible. i passed the first part and second iirc, but i failed the maths then 
[Edited on 06-07-2009 by gez c16b]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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My StepDad is a fireman.
He's a bit higher up than a normal fireman now, been in for over 20 years.
He does 2 days of 9am to 6pm, then 2 nights of 6pm to 9am, then 4 days off. I think shift times and patterns vary depending which area you are in.
Pay wise he is getting in to the top tax bracket with a bit of overtime but he isn't a normal fireman. You probably start on around 20k at a guess.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Insanely hard to get into. My mate aced all the tests, even set time records in the physical, and still didn't make it. He's a switched on bloke too. That was for Oxfordshire. He's in the middle of a Bucks application now.
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
Location: Dunfermline, Fife : Drives Astra cdti Sri
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as said very hard to get into. they won't take you on at 18 so i've been told but you can still apply, most apparently look for 21 and older.
thousands apply to each station every year but they only take on a few of those.
thats what I was told when asking at my local station
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