fire fighters?

[antinator]

hello,

im 21, i go to he gym 4 times a week, i been in retail for 5 years as a team leader also a duty manager. Im a healthy person with NO illness/allergies, im a bubbly outgoin person who thrives challenges but also can be shy on first sight a i lack small confidence. Im very good with my hands and i feel fire fighting is my career path.

Can anybody advise me in any way shape or form for joining and if there chances i could get in as the pass rate is farely high.

Thanks in advance
Ant

[redcrx]

contact your local fire service and ask if they are recruiting at first. Some services recruit from other areas and its hard getting a place.
My sister in law was a retained firefighter for 5 years before she was able to get a place on a full course.

Have you considered whether you may be able to become a retained firefighter? Itd give you a good insight into the career. Its restrictive though, you have to be within a certain distance of station and be able to answer alerter either part time (eves and weekends) or full cover 24/7

[what..the?]

I found this 2 day course here:

http://www.firefighterexperience.com/packages. htm#firefighter

So there might be more things like this near you.

Also general info here:

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

http://www.ca.courses-careers.com/firefighter. htm

http://www.firefighter-jobs.co.uk/

[antinator]

thanks for that :) but i have rang my local station and they have advised me not to go retained as the fire service wil keep you retained as its cheaper for them so i suppose it will depend on how lucky i am on the day i suppose...............what i really wanted to know was do i seem like the type of person who would be suitable for te fire service by what i have provided above ?

[redcrx]

we cant tell from that, you may be work shy or unable to use breathing equipment, or unable to do the right training,

my sister in law was a bank clerk for 20 years before being taken on.

My partner is a managing director and is retained.

It takes all sorts, only the fire service will know if they want you.

Retained may well be cheaper for them if they only run retained stations, but its experience and you may find you like certain aspects and not others.

Its not the nicest of jobs at times, it can be quite difficult to deal with some incidents.