If you live within five minutes of your local retained fire station, are over 18 and looking for an exciting spare time opportunity, becoming a Retained (On Call) Firefighter may be for you.
Whatever your strengths we will bring them out.
We are looking for men and women to join the teams of firefighters in Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. With excellent rates of pay for training and emergency call outs, plus an annual retaining fee, it’s well worth your while.
Who knows - you too could help us put Shropshire’s Safety First.
Shropshire’s On Call Firefighters provide essential fire cover in the county with 323* Firefighters. Of Shropshire’s 23 fire stations, 19 are crewed solely by retained personnel, with further retained crews operating from 3 of the 4 predominantly shift crewed stations.
80% of Shropshire’s front line appliances are staffed by On Call Firefighters and 80% of Shropshire’s landmass is covered by them.
On Call Firefighters are skilled individuals who do ordinary jobs and offer evening, daytime and/or weekend cover. They are ready to go out to a call the moment a message comes through to their pager. They could be at home, working for themselves or for a company. They work effectively as part of a team using the latest equipment methods and techniques to undertake a wide range of duties including attending property fires, grass and farmland fires, road traffic collisions, chemical spills, animal rescues, floods and storm damage.
On Call Firefighters are also actively involved in the prevention of fire, particularly in the home. They undertake home fire safety risk assessments offering free advice to occupiers on how to eliminate, or where this is not possible, reduce the risk of fire. This may involve the fitting of smoke alarms.
On Call Firefighters agree to be available for cover for a certain number of hours per week, they carry a pager and must be able to get to the fire station within 5 minutes of a call during these available hours. Many RDS firefighters respond to emergency calls from their normal place of work and once their pager is activated they respond to the station to deal with the incident.
Their role calls for courage, determination, self motivation and above all a desire to serve the community in which they live and work.
*RDS employee figures as of 1 July 2012.
