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Wholetime: Firefighters work full-time in on two day and two night shifts within the fire service. Day crewed: Firefighters work a 10- to 12-hour day shift and are retained at night. Day crew plus: Firefighters work a 24-hour shift consisting of 12 hours in station and spending the night at an accommodation building on the fire station plot.
Powers are granted to firefighters in England & Wales by virtue of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, in Scotland by virtue of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and in Northern Ireland by virtue of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006. Whilst the three acts are almost identical in effect, they word the powers differently ...
The Independent Review of the Fire Service, sometimes referred to as the Bain Report or IRFS was a wide-ranging report carried out by Professor Sir George Bain, in 2002, at the request of the government, into the how Fire and Rescue Services were operated and managed; and about the working conditions of firefighters in the UK.
London's Firefighters: Edited by David C Pike and published by Austin Macauley Publishers (ISBN 978-1-78455-541-2) in 2015. [119] An illustrated anthology of articles, fiction and verse about the London Fire Brigade, much of it drawn from the award-winning in-house magazine London Fireman (1966–82) and London Firefighter (1982–2005). The ...
The name change in 2004, to Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, reflected the growing number of roles the service now has. Many services across the United Kingdom would change to Fire & Rescue Service. This change was inspired by new primary legislation for England and Wales, The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
The UK Fire Service is phasing out "ranks" in favour of "roles [as of?]" and therefore technically speaking a "crew commander" should not be referred to as a "rank" but a job role, or position within the Fire Service. The new 'role' came into general usage during 2006 - the equivalent rank was known as leading firefighter.
Airport firefighters, due to the geographical size of the area they cover, do not respond to as many incidents as local authority firefighters. The four-yearly re-qualification policy acts to ensure continued competency in certain areas of the role in which they perform.
Chief fire officer (CFO), formerly often just chief officer or county fire officer, is the highest rank in the fire and rescue services of the United Kingdom.There are currently 50 chief fire officers serving in the United Kingdom in charge of the local authority fire services.