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You probably won't bother to say stuff like that when you need the emergency services...at that moment it won't matter whether they are black, white, male, female, gay or straight...or even that they don't have English as a first language...they are there to help you, just remember that. To those featured in this video, thank you for your service...I hope I never need to rely on it, but equally I'm glad that you will be there if I do.

You missed the point completely

Here's a 👍 for the retained firefighters at LINCOLN NORTH NETTLEHAM ROAD LINCOLN ( UK) LINCOLNSHIRE, when their pagers go off and your in the vicinity of the station it's pure "POETRY IN MOTION" watching them in their cars turning off the NETTLEHAM ROAD / OUTER CIRCLE ROAD JUNCTION OR JUST OUTER CIRCLE ROAD INTO the car park at LINCOLN NORTH FIRE STATION, they've got it down to a fine art and if you see it for the first time I guarantee you'll never forget what magnificence your watching... it's breathtakingly awesome👍 and they can be mobile within 5/6 minutes flat, thank god for these lads and lasses because you'll never know WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THEM.... "Thanks for reading my post"

What station you serve at for CFRS

They are paid though here, so not volunteer.

This ain't the place to be seen. Call a station

Hi Ollie, Apologies for the delayed reply. We only have one branch of the Young Firefighter Association at present and it is based at Droitwich Fire Station. The charity would be the national Fire Fighters Charity, it's a great charity, search for it on Google to find out how you can help. Many thanks, HWFRS

Many thanks Ollie. Good luck with becoming a firefighter when you are older, it is a very worthwhile and rewarding career.

@Awoke Awoke RTC i would say would be the main one. Car crashes.

@Awoke Awoke The most important thing is that the job is being done correctly and all people that are saveable are saved. I'm not a firefighter but a lot of my family are and have been in the past. I'm in the same boat as you. I've applied for an on-call position and have done so in the past without luck processing further. You just need to prepare yourself for the day when you're required to step up and be thankful the more proficient trained man beside you is there. Get the basics covered first. It isn't the job of being the hero. It's a job of working as a team to save lives. With enough confidence and the basics covered, you will be that proficent man.

My on call station has had one house fire in two years, other than that it’s all station standbys and rtc

If anyone applies to be an on call firefighter and only expects to be in the thick of the action fighting fire like absolute bosses... you're doing it for the wrong reason. It's about being there in case their community needs them. Making a difference in people's lives. That isn't always entering a burning inferno and running out with them in your arms. It could be as simple as helping them with oil spills, even if they've just injured themselves, and Fire are the first on scene. Even normal firefighters barely fight fires now. So if you're applying in the hopes, it's all Hollywood... you need not apply. It's about giving back, being there is needed and ultimately serving your family, friends, and neighbours. It is still a great thing to do, but don't apply for the wrong reason. If you're having to battle a fire... you need to remember it's not a celebration! It's potentially a dark day in someone's life, especially if it is a house fire. Never forget, no matter how much of a rush it is... for someone else, their entire world has potentially burnt down! None of this American high fiving and wooing crap!

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Dementia you mean!

Sam Ensor when you join you submit an availability matrix this tells the service what cover you will be providing you also get annual leave days to use throughout the year as to the calls at night if you are available then you are expected to respond unfortunately we can't control when calls come in we would all like them to be at the most convenient time but they never are. I've been on many calls at 2 in the morning and then have to be up at 5 to start a 12 hour shift it's hard but you get used to it

Ok thank you