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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: colin todd on November 09, 2004, 04:07:24 PM

Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 09, 2004, 04:07:24 PM
Messages on this BB for recruitment have never been successful in the past, but I am always one to persevere!!! We are looking to recruit an additional consultant. Much of the work will involve carrying out fire risk assessments. Typically, we would look for an ex fire officer with a good number of years continuous experience in fire safety, preferably some of which would have been at ADO level. However, as always we are open minded and are open to offers from others. If anyone is interested or would care to draw this to the attention of someone who might be, I would be quite grateful.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: messy on November 11, 2004, 12:00:47 PM
An ex Fire Officer from any Brigade???!!!
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: wee brian on November 12, 2004, 11:36:33 AM
Hes not looking for any kind of ability. Ex fire officers are already on a good pension so they come cheap.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 12, 2004, 12:38:08 PM
No, one brigade is totally excluded Messey. And as for ability, el Bryo the ex fire officers we employ are on salaries commensurate with similar professionals in other professions, are significantly better paid than civilian inspecting officers in some brigades, and would be capable of writing guidance to support legislation that would be much better than we are likely to see by any written by certain organizations not a million miles from where you typed the impertinent message.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: wee brian on November 12, 2004, 01:46:37 PM
sorry mate, just couldn't stop myself
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: dave bev on November 12, 2004, 04:06:23 PM
colin, come the revolution (and the attempt by brigades to disregard and disenfranchise their staff) you may get lots of applications!

dave bev
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 13, 2004, 02:22:15 AM
'much you paying then? :!:
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 13, 2004, 07:03:57 PM
Sorry Christopher, as well as banning people from a certain brigade, we do not take people who have worked for a certain fire aalrm company, who remain on our blacklist for all jobs. Told you before, we Scots have a long memory. Brian, so long as you were joking you are forgiven. We might even be prepared to take you one day if we could put you in a room and bombard you with white noise to eradicate all civil service thinking. (yes yes I know you arent a proper civil servant, but you are tainted by association.)
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 13, 2004, 11:31:48 PM
I wasn't applying.  Only being nosey.  

PS I am also Scottish.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 14, 2004, 02:59:58 AM
I know christopher thats why i can forgive your sojourn into the world of fire alarm company. Davey, we do a lot of fire risk assessment training for brigades these days.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: messy on November 17, 2004, 12:23:04 PM
Maybe there should be a special 'Scots who have stolen English jobs', or perhaps even a, 'Scots who have stolen English jobs and then won't give the English any work' section on this forum to accomodate this ever growing group.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 17, 2004, 01:52:50 PM
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Maybe there should be a special 'Scots who have stolen English jobs', or perhaps even a, 'Scots who have stolen English jobs and then won't give the English any work' section on this forum to accomodate this ever growing group.


"Stolen"?  How does one "steal" a job?
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: wee brian on November 18, 2004, 08:51:49 AM
Quite so. If it wasnt for all the Scots boosting the English economy we would never have been able to pay for their new parliament building.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 18, 2004, 12:00:53 PM
Well, in a way you are right.  Indeed if the UK did not benefit so significantly from the revenues from North Sea oil reserves, then many other things would also have been more difficult to fund.  This obvioulsy includes the Scottish Parliament and the costs of building and running the London based parliament too.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Dave W on November 18, 2004, 08:15:22 PM
Chris Houston

Pity you are not the moderator on this Forum what!. you would not stand for all these rebellious postings, out with your typex and delete the lot that would be your style.



The above represents my personal opinions only.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: wee brian on November 18, 2004, 08:29:06 PM
I tried biting my tongue but it hurts!

The Parliament in London is the British Parliament. The English don't actually have one and my fellow countrymen in the North have made it clear that there are enough politicians in the world as it is without making up jobs for new ones.

Saying all this I actually like the Scots and even Colin Todd is actually an all right bloke. The original post related to Colin’s attempts to give somebody a job. If you are going to work in that field then CSTA is probably one of the better firms.

There, I said it, now has anybody got anything interesting to say about fire safety?
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 19, 2004, 01:20:38 AM
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I tried biting my tongue but it hurts!

The Parliament in London is the British Parliament. The English don't actually have one and my fellow countrymen in the North have made it clear that there are enough politicians in the world as it is without making up jobs for new ones.

Saying all this I actually like the Scots and even Colin Todd is actually an all right bloke. The original post related to Colin’s attempts to give somebody a job. If you are going to work in that field then CSTA is probably one of the better firms.

There, I said it, now has anybody got anything interesting to say about fire safety?


I know.  Fire Safety - interesting? :lol:  :lol:  :lol: doubtful.....
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 19, 2004, 01:34:04 AM
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Chris Houston

Pity you are not the moderator on this Forum what!. you would not stand for all these rebellious postings, out with your typex and delete the lot that would be your style.


Hi Dave,

You have made your views on my decision to delete the comments in the Dinosaurs Forum publicly known several times now.  As I have previously explained, the owner of this forum and I felt that the comments were offensive.  I did private message the author about this, but he failed to respond, and deleting the comments was necessary.  I am all for freedom of speach, but sometimes rules have to be followed.  I again invite you to "private message" me or the site owner if you have any real issues with this.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Mr. P on November 19, 2004, 09:40:38 AM
Obviously I missed those bits by being asleep yesterday. Anyways, will the hunt ban be effective in Scotland too?
Wouldn't mind a job at CSTA myself but do not think Colins' domain stretches to Cumbria.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 19, 2004, 12:18:00 PM
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Obviously I missed those bits by being asleep yesterday. Anyways, will the hunt ban be effective in Scotland too?
Wouldn't mind a job at CSTA myself but do not think Colins' domain stretches to Cumbria.


Hunting with dogs has been banned in Scotland for some time now.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: afterburner on November 19, 2004, 03:17:57 PM
Simple observation about the 'British' Parliament in London, which is supposedly not an English Parliament.
Why do they only discuss and pass legislation for England? Listen to the Beeb news about what comes out of Westminster, it's all English.
The last time the Westminster Parliament discussed anything Scottish was how many Black Watch soldiers were to be sent to Iraq.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: wee brian on November 19, 2004, 03:30:33 PM
If they only deal with England perhaps all the Scots MPs should pack up and go home!

These are all very predictable arguments but it's kind of fun.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: Chris Houston on November 19, 2004, 03:52:34 PM
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Simple observation about the 'British' Parliament in London, which is supposedly not an English Parliament.
Why do they only discuss and pass legislation for England? Listen to the Beeb news about what comes out of Westminster, it's all English.
The last time the Westminster Parliament discussed anything Scottish was how many Black Watch soldiers were to be sent to Iraq.


Afterburner, I know the press like to paint it that way, but the British parliament does debate local and UK issues.  There is an argument that Scottish MPs should not vote on English only issues, however the issue never got much attention when English MPs used to vote on Scottish only issues prior to Scotland getting it's own parliament.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: afterburner on November 19, 2004, 07:26:10 PM
True Chris too true. What's actually happening here in Scotland is we've got another gravy train ..... at least the North -east of England de-railed that idea!
Seems we're a long way from getting Colin his Consultant though
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 20, 2004, 12:33:11 AM
All I know about the Scottish parliament is this. I used to drive taxis in Edinburgh, and a few weeks ago I went hurtling down Holyrood Road as one used to do at 50mph and nearly knocked down some security guard who looked none too pleased. Turns out I could not access the road of my birth that way any more as they have built this monstrosity of a parliament right across the road. What used to be a thoroughfare appears to be the car park of the parliament. Whats all this to do with fire safety? It reminded me that I am getting too old for change, so its just as well the RRO is still never going to happen when they say it will. By the time it ever happens at the current rate I will be in a sprinklered res care home, complete with swing free closers on the fire doors, with Wee B visiting me when he realises the error of his ways and moves to the funny agency thingy they have set up for Scottish building regs, where I will live out my days barracking the inspecting IOs of L&B Fire Brigade about how fire safety was done in my days.
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: afterburner on November 20, 2004, 04:01:59 PM
Colin, in line with the dictat from that wonderful edifice at the bottom of Holyrood Road, L&BFB have magically transformed into Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service. Trips off the tongue don't you think? Only time you see it written out in ful is on the side of a TL ..... fully extended.
I take it the consensus is the RRO is doomed to mire. Pity 'cos we've heard rumours that our Fire (Scotland) Act might be delayed to come in to force in harmony with the RRO .... bring your pack of cards to that fully spriinkelered old guys shack, I'll be joining you!
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on November 21, 2004, 01:28:42 PM
No, in truth it isnt doomed, but, given that it was originally scheduled to take effect around Easter 2004, then Summer 2004 then Winter 2004, then Easter 2005, then Summer 2005..... well you get the idea. It is now said to be going to hit the statute books next summer to take effect next October. However, given that the Parliamentary committee virtually said that there should be no RRO unless guidance is produced and that there are 11 guides to write........... Well, you can draw your own conclusions. But the word on the streets is that the (much better written) Scottish legislation will coincide in time with the RRO, so what you say is true. Which card game do you prefer?
Title: Recruitment of fire consultant
Post by: colin todd on December 28, 2004, 10:02:52 PM
STILL LOOKING!