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AVIATION => Operational => Topic started by: Fireguy1230 on May 07, 2006, 09:33:21 PM

Title: Moving from Airport to Local Authority
Post by: Fireguy1230 on May 07, 2006, 09:33:21 PM

Looking for advice here. I'm a serving Airport Firefighter at a major UK airport, who is thinking of applying to join the Wholetime Local Authority. Any advice from anyone who has experience and knowledge of this? ie: Pro's and con's!

Title: Moving from Airport to Local Authority
Post by: Robin Stenhouse on January 19, 2007, 01:13:22 PM

Yeah don't leave us!!!!

Title: Moving from Airport to Local Authority
Post by: MarkSBCC on January 19, 2007, 01:45:24 PM

Good Luck. In my experience there are a few LA fire & Rescue Services who will look at your core skills and see that there are similar skills to firefighters in the LA. However very few of them exempt you from attending basic fireifighter courses at their own training establishments. I know of one exception where a L/F left from the Airport and joined a service in the central scotland region without having to complete a full basic course at Gullane. As I said Good Luck.

Title: Moving from Airport to Local Authority
Post by: Cut Fire Service Pay on January 19, 2007, 03:50:19 PM

I'd stick to the airports! Or wait until local authority has finished with all their changes, nothings straight forward in the fire service anymore! They probably would expect you to do a basic daft as it is.

Title: Moving from Airport to Local Authority
Post by: lucky on January 27, 2007, 08:19:09 PM

Some LA excpect you to put up a bounty to cover transfer expenses.