What will I do as a wholetime firefighter?
- Respond swiftly and safely to all emergency calls and requests for assistance
- Work with all members of the community, being sensitive to the needs of others particularly having regard to equality and diversity issues
- Assist in Service initiatives, including the giving of general fire safety advice and guidance, to all members of the community, through a variety of agreed community safety initiatives designed to reduce the misery of fire and other emergencies
- Undertake routine inspections of premises as part of a direct or indirect fire safety legislative requirement
- Maintain all emergency equipment in a state of readiness, including cleanliness, repairing and testing as required to approved standards and procedures.
- Undertake checks on emergency resources provided for fire service use
- Take part in continuous training and learning programs by attending lectures, exercises, simulated incidents, practice drill sessions and other forms of training to achieve and maintain competence levels, in line with national role maps
- Maintain a level of personal fitness necessary to carry out all the duties of a firefighter
- Adhere to and uphold the values within the Workplace Charter
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