Congratulations! I’m really pleased that my video helped. Should be really proud of yourself mate, see you at the big one 👨🏼‍🚒

Congrats Ben!

I applied yesterday. But I'm a little scared of heights. The issue of stairs gives me a lot of respect. I have never been to heights or climbed stairs that high. 😢

Congratulations mate. I have my tests tomorrow. Any tips on how to pass? particularly the enclosed space and equipment assemble? what equipment did you have to assemble?Cheers

I use to hate it at school, I was late into enjoying fitness. I use to always drop out first. Thank you very much!

I remember one lesson when the last guy left just kept going and going even though he had no one left to outrun. We all just sat there doing absolutely nothing but waiting for him to finish for like 10 solid minutes. Show off

@@kieranwilcox7739 I remember doing that in 4th grade I felt sooo special lol

@@stevengetsfit782 don't worry mate same here

Thank you so much mate, very kind words! I really enjoyed making this video so I will 100% be making future videos on the fire service 👍🏼

Thank you mate! I’m really glad you liked the video. I was so gutted when I failed first time round but just got it rebooked and went again 💪🏼

Thanks for watching Rebecca. Good luck, I’m sure you’ll smash it

Thank you for that! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with the application if you do consider applying 👍🏼

Hey I’m 35 and have just applied. My dad was in the fire brigade for 30+ years as a station officer so taking inspiration from him. I found out this week that my application was successful and through to the next stage so just completed the talent screener test. Now to wait to see if I get thru to the next round…… I say, go for it. If it is something u truly want to do then there is no harm in trying.

@@shaz1204 hi, thanks for the message. I decided to try for the Police instead. My local fire service runs a booking system just to get to the open days and it kept selling out in seconds so got fed up and applied for the police instead....best of luck with your application, I'm sure you will do just great!

@@utilitarian ah well next of luck with the police. I was deciding between both and the fire brigade came up first. I’m bucks area so am lucky that they opened up applications for whole time firefighter apprentice so I applied the other week. Literally closed the application a week later, it’s so fast paced. My dad once said they once opened up a job for 10 positions in his borough and had over 1000 applicants 😳

@@shaz1204 it's crazy isn't it but it's a good job to have so I wish you all the luck in the world. You'll be a great asset!

Thanks for that, very kind of you to say. I really appreciate it 🤝

@@stevengetsfit782 I just watched Only the Brave.. highly recommended if you haven’t.. but you need a box of tissue nearby, horrible true story but terrific movie nevertheless.

I will make sure to check it out, thanks for the recommendation

Ah thank you! It is difficult isn’t it, good luck with the rest of the process

Congratulations mate, should be really proud of yourself. You’re going to love it

Hi George, thanks for the nice comment, means a lot! I’m glad you found it helpful. Fingers crossed you pass mate

do you have any tips for the enclosed space one please?

Thank you Benny, really appreciate it 🙌🏼

No worries mate, good luck!

@@stevengetsfit782 I'll keep you updated

Congratulations Shane, you should be really proud of yourself. Thanks for the comment too mate, I am really pleased that the video helped you!

So you can have a second chance?(:

@@AndrewLee55K Not sure how it works where you are, but yes, you could get one!

@@shanehewitt8956 in Manchester!(:

No worries Jack, thanks for watching. I’m glad it has been helpful, good luck!

Thank you, I'm hoping for the best

Thank you! Good luck with everything Charlie, I’m sure you’d make a great fire fighter

Thank you so much! Really appreciate that and thanks for subscribing, I’ve subbed back 🙌🏼 keep working hard and you will 100% get there and when you do it’s so rewarding. And don’t take failures to heart, use them as learning experience and go again with the knowledge you got from them. Good luck with the assessment, fingers crossed for you 🤞🏼💪🏼

@@stevengetsfit782 Thank you Steven! I’ve followed you on Instagram too! Yeah I always look at the positives of the attempts I’ve had at the process. It’s been tough and challenging but it just drives me more to make it all the way. I’ve not got to the stage of the assessments yet but my time will come eventually. My application is on hold at the moment at Wickford fire station trying to be an Oncall firefighter and whole time eventually too, but while waiting to hear I’m down the gym, swimming running and keeping my fitness up, using equipment at home practicing the fitness tests too, thank you for the videos on advice on the gym as it’s really helped my workouts since the gyms have reopened!

Make sure you get yourself down the station if you’re allowed to, get to know the the crew and get any tips and advice from them. See if they can show you some of the equipment they carry on the pump as well, good chance for you to get learning early doors with that as well

@@stevengetsfit782 Thankyou Steven, I have met the crew and attend the training nights and watch the crew training. I joined the video call nights on Microsoft teams finding out more about the fire service and preparation ,chatting to lots of firefighters I’ve seen the appliance and station and they showed me tour of the station equipment, PPE and insight of the job. At the moment due to Covid I can’t attend the station training nights that I like to go to learn more about the job and watch different training drills they do to give me more knowledge. The station have held my application til end of May at the moment. Hopefully I hear from them soon and they put me through to the assessments fingers crossed 🤞💪

I remember one lesson when the last guy left just kept going and going even though he had no one left to outrun. We all just sat there doing absolutely nothing but waiting for him to finish for like 10 solid minutes. Show off

Pleased to hear it!

Thank you for the feedback. I’ve been thinking about making something like this for a while but I worry I will put people off. I love the job but like anything there are negatives too

@@stevengetsfit782 yeah I really want to join so I think it would really help to know the positives and negative’s of the job I feel like most people should expect negatives considering the job your doing

That’s amazing, well done mate! I really appreciate you coming back to comment to, love when people get in touch to say they passed. Good luck with the interview, I’m sure you’ll breeze that. Nothing planned yet but thanks to the views on this video I might have to. Good luck mate and keep safe

Any tips fopr passing the practical tests? in particular closed space?

@@richardm9879I think the best advice I can give is to just try to stay calm and focus on your breathing. You’ll be wearing a BA set and mask, but there won’t be air flowing through the set. You’ll be able to breathe of course, but it is sort of through a filter, which does come as a surprise to a lot of people. You’ll also be blindfolded for half of it which of course doesn’t help 🙄 You complete the course the first time without the blindfold, then once you reach the end the timer is paused while they fit the blindfold and send you in again to complete the same course in reverse. My advice (and really the only reason I did it in time!!) is to get through the first half AS FAST AS YOU CAN. I absolutely sped through it while I could see where I was going, then in the second half when I was blindfolded I had a lot more time to negotiate it blind. If your course is the same as mine, it was a “cage” structure. I found it helped me go faster if I put my fingers in the cages and used them to propel me forwards. I did bang my head a few times, but you’re wearing a helmet and to be honest nobody cares how you do it, it’s just that you do! Remember that everyone there wants you to succeed. If you’ve put in the work and you have good cardio fitness, you CAN do this. Just use your time wisely, get through the course fast when you can see where you’re going, then when you’re blindfolded just close your eyes and do the best you can. The mask you wear is surprisingly comfortable considering what it is. Do you have any concerns in particular?

@@moreattractionvideos Thank you so much for the advice. My main worry is getting disorientated and not completing it in time. I'm reading about people coming back out the same way they came in without realising

⁠@@richardm9879ugh what a nightmare. If I’m honest I can’t imagine how that would happen. With the BA set on your back, it’s quite tight in there. Most of it is crawling room only (I assume every service has similar?) - so being able to turn around completely would be very hard work! When I did mine I remember it being sort of a case of feeling around from left to right to find where the course goes next - and if there wasn’t a way out, checking above. There wasn’t really a lot of room to physically turn around if you know what I mean? The truth is though that you can’t really prepare for this very much because there’s no way to practice or try it out. I think the fact you’re researching this shows that you’re doing all the prep you can. Good luck with it all mate - I’m sure you’ll smash it 💪

Best of luck Jade, I’m sure you’ll smash it! I’m pleased my video helped settle the nerves a bit for you. Oh dear, broken thumb doesn’t sound good, make sure you are careful so you have a speedy recovery!

Good luck, had mine a couple weeks ago and as long as you prepped for it I’m sure you’ll pass it no problem. Got my interview coming up so hopefully will be in soon🤞

Hey mate how did it go? Currently in application process myself. Fitness tests are in Jan. Got a level 8 on beep test so I'm a bit worried. Any advice? Can you chose to do elevated run instead?

@@gazzer264 Hey Gareth congratulations good to hear you passed! Any advice for myself? Fitness assessment is in Jan currently getting level 8 on beep test. Can you choose between chester treadmill and beep test? Thanks :)

@@Charlie-wp9nn I've been deferred to February now as I broke my thumb 🙃 gives me a bit of time to prepare I guess. No idea if there's any alternatives, thought of the bleep test is terrifying me though 😬🤣 best of luck bud- where abouts are you trying out?

I’m glad you found the video useful! Well done for doing so well with your first fitness test. As I said in the video, I failed mine on one thing last time and passed on the second. That set back makes the second time so much sweeter. Keep working hard and I know you’ll smash the next test 💪🏼

Hi Ellie, Do you mind me asking if it was the 60kg weight you needed to pull? I have my assessment on Thursday and this is the only thing I am concerned about!

Hi, just as an update I passed the physical test this week! 🙌

I failed my first attempt at getting into LFB. Been operational three years now. Don’t give up! It’s a great job! Any questions feel free to ask. And good luck for the rest of recruitment and training!

@@FreestyleCrazy12345 after failing do you get another attempt at a later date or do you have to apply from start again?

Thank you! I’ll be honest it’s difficult to film much content when on shouts/jobs. The adrenaline takes over and I’m just in work mode to handle what we are going to. It is a bug thrill though when going to a job with the lights on

@@stevengetsfit782 how many calls do you get a day? And what sort of calls are they usually.

It can vary on how many you get, some days or weeks are busier then others. They can range from fires, RTCs (car accidents), animal rescue, flooding, automatic fire alarms, other station stand bys. Lots of different things you can attend

Thank you Mark, I appreciate the feedback! If you look into recruitment process online it should say what qualifications are needed from school. I’m pretty sure you need a C grade or above at GCSE maths and English. Those who didn’t have that, you can sit an exam to qualify I believe

That’s amazing, well done! Thanks so much for subscribing

To be honest it was very similar to most interviews when I had mine. Motivations for wanting to join, strengths, weaknesses etc. Want to know you are joining for the right reasons and that you have the right mindset. Strong team work is key, over coming problems and being determined

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! It sounds like you will be able to pass in no time really. The ladder lift was a bar type thing they put weight on, you curl it up and then change stance and push it over your head. I would recommend practicing a standing over head barbell press to practice for that. Keep working hard and the dream will come true 🙌🏼

@@stevengetsfit782 Thanks for replying, oh yes! Do you mean the "military press?" I do that! it's a really difficult exercise but i forgot to say, i can (is it called "overhead press?") do 22KG on military press. also for the 33kg barbell carry and walk, i just realised that you don't actually curl it as if you're doing barbell curls, you just carry it and walk! for some reason i was worried that they would ask me to barbell curl that weight but you just hold it with straight arms and walk haha. in terms of 500m on rowing machine every day, i hope thats enough. i looked at the website and they said nothing about bleep test, maybe times have changed and it's not there anymore.

Yeah with that barbell carry it’s literally just holding it while you’re walking. What you thought sounds awful haha, thankfully that’s not what’s needed 😂 so from what I’ve heard now there’s the option of the bleep test or a incline walk on the treadmill. It’s basically walking at 3.9mph for 12 mins and every 2 mins I believe the incline increases. You can’t run or touch the sides

@@stevengetsfit782 Thanks so much for getting back to me buddy, I really appreciate it. Yeah! Silly me, I don't know what came over me for them to ask me to barbell curl 33KG is very heavy don't think the average person can do that lol that's interesting, I'll look them up and I need to practice a bleep test to see what score i can get, although it doesn't say anything about that in their website at www.london-fire.gov.uk/careers/become-a-firefighter/fitness-tests/ maybe it's different for London, but thanks still, this is VERY useful information and I will try to get my fitness even better.

same here bro, just keep doing what you're doing and you'll be up there no problem

Thank you Ahmad! I’m on call 90 hours a week, this can vary but 90 hours is the expectation. If you fail you can do it again 👍🏼

@@stevengetsfit782 wow 90 hours even for the starting ?

Yeah that’s how long I’m on call for.

Well done, I hope it went well!

Thanks, glad you liked it mate! When I failed I had another test with a couple of months. It might be different for whole time though. You might need to wait for application dates

How did it go mate? I’m sure you smashed it! The assembly is awkward but it’s very doable, so I hope it went well for you

@@stevengetsfit782 Smashed it mate. Equipment assembly was a skoosh. On to the interview stage. Absolutely buzzing. What a grueling day. Well deserved Chinese and some beers tonight x

Class mate, really pleased for you!

R.I.P Zyzz

Hey mate hope you are doing good, and are getting on a solid routine of exercise and cardio. If you are still wanting to get into the fireservice make sure you look a lot into the requirements and buy the guides. Knowing you are ready for all stages of the process really helps. Good luck.

It’s something I’ll look to film soon!

The interview process is a nightmare...it is called pqa based ..... Personal quality attributes... very difficult, takes lots of preparation and you cannot just wing it....you are asked 3 questions.....eg...one may be .....they will say , the question is based on the pqa of working as a team ....then they say ....tell me a time when you worked as a team and overcame a challenge for eg....they have a list of buzz words and you must hit them.. you are given a guidance document before the interview with the areas they are looking for .

Bryq assessment test what is this about any help be greatly appreciated

That’s pretty impressive, are you in the fire service?

Just out of curiosity how many girls do you have in your fireservice

I’m gutted to hear that, exactly the same as what I did. Don’t be nervous, you clearly did well with the physical side of things so make sure you keep up your normal fitness training to smash that again. Chances are it’ll be the same bit of equipment you have to put together again, just don’t panic and you’ll be fine. Good luck!

@@stevengetsfit782 thanks I appreciate the advice, it was also with ECFRS. Is there anyway I can prepare myself for the manual dexterity test or do I just have to try and stay calm on the day?

It depends on the equipment you had to use and if your station has one you can practice on. My advice is look at the instructions for as long as you need before you touch anything. Then when you do, try not to spend so much time tightning it up loads, on my test they didn’t even pick it up to look at it. That way it gives you more time to take it all apart as well

Hey Zach congrats on passing 5/6. Wondered if you have any advice for beep test? Currently getting level 8 my test is in a few weeks time. Do you get to choose between beep test and chester treadmill test? Thanks :)

@@Charlie-wp9nn my understanding is that you get a choose now between treadmill or bleep test

I’m sorry to hear that mate, but you’ll no doubt smash it the next time. It’s so frustrating as it proves that fitness or strength wasn’t the issue for you. Head up and I promise when you pass second time, you will enjoy it even more

I’m sorry to hear you did pass on this occasion, but I’m sure you will get there on the second. It sounds like you will be able to do it by focusing on your own performance. Good luck mate!

@@stevengetsfit782 do you have to start the application process again from the start if you fail, or do you get another chance?

@@ayazmohammad205 yes brother. I have to start all over again, I can reapply again on March.

Thank you! There were a number of knots that you should find online or at your local station. You do need to complete them all to get through training. Some include a bowline, round turn two half hitches, half hitch, figure of 8, figure of 8 on the bite, clove hitch, over hand knot and running bowline to think of some. I found lots of videos on KZfaq and also apps for your phone which will help. More videos coming soon, life has just got very busy all of a sudden!

Thanks!

You did indeed bro! You helped me out so much with the recruitment process, so thank you 🤝

All in good spirit 😂

That’s brilliant, did you even consider joining yourself?

Hi Frank, thank you! If you are on call it will be at your local station, if you are whole time you apply for a station but this may not be your local one. It depends on if you get the job at that station, you may be in a different county to where you live. Good luck!

@@stevengetsfit782 thanks mate I have many dyscalculia traits so I find math extremely hard which is my biggest challenge but eager to tackle it for the career, how was your experience with the mathematical tests ??

I didn’t need to take it as my GCSE results were recent enough I believe

Good luck with it! The bleep test is done as a group so hopefully that will help give you the support you need to push through

Hi, thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I will be honest I can’t remember exactly how long but I think 11 mins rings a bell for some reason. Your local station should be able to put you in touch with a recruiter within the service who can help

Hi, well done for passing mate! Interesting that you say that, I had a feeling that each location would be different. Lucky that you didn’t have to do the bleep test haha. Not sure if this will be different to yours, but they did things like a urine sample, eye test, took my height and weight. You have lungs/breath tested by blowing on a something that’s tests the capacity of your lungs (tricky then you think, but they’ll tell you what to do) and a hearing test where you sit in a booth and press a button every-time you can hear a beep. That’s as much as I remember!

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Thank you Ras! Possible future video 👀

Yeah I had heard that was the case now, did you do the treadmill test walking at 3.9mph on an increasing incline for 12 mins? Can’t touch the sides or jog

@@stevengetsfit782 no , that’s the in service continuation fitness level for firefighters, ...tests are I think . Blanked out mask following a guideline, timed run and roll up 8 lengths of hose, ladder pull up, ladder climb, drag a dummy....something like that is the new tests....I did mine 29 years ago ...lol.

I had my fitness assessment 2 weeks ago and passed everything apart from the bleep test. Got 7.8. But got another chance to retake in 3 weeks. Do you think this may still be the case by then ?

@@tjriches omg so close.. you will get it next time....keep practicing over next 3 weeks ..practice once a day on grass or every other day...download it on a memory stick...park car up....measure the distance on a tape and open door and play it through car speaker....I did this for a friend and they improved two levels...trick is to start slow and save energy at level 1 and 2 ......protect your knees by running it on grass ....my brigade dropped this stupid test and it did not offer re run ...you have it in the bag ... best job in the world...I wish I could do my 30 years again.

@@IansOddInterests Thank you very much. Cannot wait to get this test out the way so I can move into training phase. I am currently doing a lot of training for this so hopefully will not be in vain on the day.

That’s amazing, good luck!

Hi Danny, I’m glad to hear you liked the video. Is this for a whole time or on call position you were going for?

@@stevengetsfit782 I am wanting to go for the whole time position! Just wondered if there is anything they look out for in ideal candidates. Trying to give myself the best opportunity when hiring comes around again

Well it might be worth you seeing if there are any on-call positions at your local station if you live within 5 mins from it. Other then that any kind of first aid courses you could take maybe or seeing if you can visit your local station and speak to some of the team to show your interest. Whole time is a really difficult process as very few jobs come up and so many people apply! Good luck with it all mate, just be patient

I have my physical tests tomorrow. Absolutely bricking it -.-

Well it took me 2 so I know you have at least that, it’s not on the same day though. So if you fail you need to arrange another day

Physically I didn’t struggle, just wasn’t sloppy on manual dexterity. Didn’t have any issues second time I did the test

Keep up the fitness and that side of things will be easy for you when you’re old enough

Oh that’s good to know! How long have you been in now?

It's national firefighter selection tests. It's the same for wholetime and retained nationally. Some add additional tests

It was an old bit of pumping equipment I believe, it’s not any equipment that is even used now or when I did it! Which is even more frustrating that I failed it first time 😂

Well done and good luck!

Hi Joe, no they weren’t included when I did my test. Not sure if this has changed since but I doubt it

You’re being too hard on yourself Tracie, I am sure you would be fit enough and intelligent enough for the fire service! I didn’t have to do a maths or English test due to my secondary school results but I know people who did and they found them okay. I would advise you going to your local station and finding out about their recruitment process

@@stevengetsfit782 thankyou so much, yes unfortunately I didn't do amazing at school, I was a bit of a rebel and I didn't pay attention enough, im ok at English but my maths is terrible, thing is my partner doesn't want me to be a firefighter even if I could do a test, so guess it's just a dream I'll always have that I can't fulfil but thankyou so much for your reply

The fire service have a fair share 9f people that wouldn't really be classed as smart, and still somehow end up being promoted.

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I tried to do it as soon as possible, so as soon as they could book me back on a course which I think was around a month

Hi Steven Sorry just to clarify did you not have to start the whole recruitment process again? Or you just came back for the fitness tests.

Hey! Thanks for the comment and good luck with your application. Well I failed this fitness test and did it again in a month or so, not sure if there is a limit on amount of fails for things though

@@stevengetsfit782 thanks that makes me feel a bit better about the whole process

Good luck with it all, just be confident and do the best you can 🤞🏼

It might do Liam, there was someone on my course who was a reserve and he was great! Whether that’s a direct link I’m not sure, but I would imagine it helps

We just went to a training place daily. It was at two different locations and we were there for 2 weeks 9-5 and then either 12 weeks after doing an evening course a week or 6 week of whole weekend

@@stevengetsfit782 I have done the expression for and have a taster day in a week any tips or advice on what to ask and do on this day?

Well done for applying, good luck!

Best of luck to all who are going for it

Well done 👏🏼

I’m sorry mate I don’t, I’d check online on the recruitment part of their website, or try their social media. If not you can always go down to the station and ask face to face. Good luck!

Thanks

Hi, thanks for commenting. You could go down to your local station to ask them about the recruitment process or apply online. These would be the best options. Good luck

That’s a good question, I’ll be honest I’m not too sure. I would check with your local station/recruitment team. I did have a medical which included an eye test but I don’t know about red/green deficiency colourblindness

It was around 2/3 months worth of recruitment process from start to finish from application sent in to starting training. This includes things like interviews, medical, uniform fit etc

I applied online and went to my local station to speak with them

When I applied I had to fill in an online matrix which was my on call availability (there is a minimum of 90 hours a week when I applied). It was there basic details about myself and from there I had an interview with the watch manager and a further interview as part of the recruitment process

Hey Arun, thank you! I’m glad you like my video. I’ll be honest I’m not too sure how this would work out. I would recommend going on the recruitment page for the fire service in the UK you are looking to join and contacting them about this. Good luck 🤞🏼

Thank you 😊🙏

You need to be eligible to work in the UK before you can apply to be a firefighter here.

I had to start an application process and have interviews and medical etc. You should go for it!

I’m not too sure, I would guess not if it’s not on the website

No bleep test (as it stands, but can change dependent on the time of recruitmemt). I believe that it's just equipment carry. But I'd be inclined to train for both, as in do loads of running. Looking to get fit enough to pass a test is good, but the fitter that you are and can easily pass any physical test will put you in good sted for the future, and will make the training and your potential career a lot easier. P.s, I believe that they'll be opening up training again soon, but concentrating firstly on those who previously applied, but are still waiting to start.

Hi Dom, I’m sorry but I didn’t have to do the English and maths tests as my school grades were recent enough to count as a pass

@@stevengetsfit782 Yep I recently had my taster day and got told the same by some firefighters, I was told you just have to pass the acceptable threshold within your two year "apprenticeship" I can start my application in two weeks! Any advice? & thanks for the reply.

For the fitness test, no. But when you get past this and the medical and get on your basic training then yes. You’ll have 2 week training course for on call followed by a number of weekends or week day night over 12 weeks. They teach you everything and then assess you to make sure you’re safe to ride (do the job)

@@stevengetsfit782 will they allow me to join the fire brigade if I have asthma

Is there anyone you know at the station you are looking to join? I always think it’s great to see if you can come down and speak with the team and see if they can show you things there

@stevengetsfit782 I would feel a little silly to just turn up and start asking questions, or is that OK to do? There is people I can ask but just trying to get in touch with them now

That’s why I asked if there was someone you knew who already worked there. I was lucky enough to know someone which meant I went down and learned a lot about he process at the time

@stevengetsfit782 I actually do, I've just not been in touch with him for a couple years. I could try reach out to him and hope from there haha

Hi, this isn’t something I recall doing so I wouldn’t be able to give you any advice I’m afraid. It sounds like a you’re putting the preparation in though! You could always go to your local station and see if they could help you out. Best of luck 🤞🏼

If you need to use a hose or other equipment while on the ladder you need your hands. Performing a leg lock means you can safely use your hands for things like that. You would do to start yes, you always ask someone to foot the ladder

@@stevengetsfit782 Thank you bro.

No worries man

Because you might have to fight the fire from the top of a ladder and will have to perform the leg lock in order to keep your hands free to hold the hose. Yes it is against protocol to go up a ladder without it being "footed" and you would be a brave idiot to do so.

No, not that I know of. The fire engines can be lowered so that it’s easier for shorter people to get the ladder off the top

You can apply for whole time without even being on call. On call does not mean you are guaranteed to get a whole time position. It does help though as you still under Gina lot of training, will get hands on practical knowledge and learn things from drill nights. Ultimately you still go the jobs that whole time fire fighters attend and do the same things too

@@stevengetsfit782 Ah right ok thankyou, whole time fireman is a dream job, I understand applying doesn't gurentee a job as they have so many applicants. Any advice or things to consider that might help getting a place?

I think going on call is a great thing to do while waiting to become whole time anyway. You experience so much and effectively you’re only needed in emergency situations so it can fit in with your normal life/job and means you get out doing exciting jobs

Yeah I can’t see any problems with that, would be an amazing achievement. Good luck!

@@stevengetsfit782 Cheers mate, good to hear it from someone who knows what they're talking about.

@@ht-ve9fe Hey man I think its a great idea, my gym instructor was in the Royal Marines, when he retired from the Marines he joined the fireservice. Haha. My friend is trying to get into the Royal Marines too and I'm trying to join the fireservice. So in a wired way the Fireservice and the Royal Marines a kind of connected for some reason.

@@studentaviator3756 Thanks for letting me know. Yes I agree, I think they both attract people with similar goals and achievments in mind. I always think it's strange going from learning to save lives to learning to end them.

It’s 100% on my plan of things to do, I’ve just been super busy since lockdown ended. What sort of stuff would you like to see?

@@stevengetsfit782 not sure really, maybe the pump or even more things about the fire service, the training and application process!

I’ll see what I can do!

Oh really? What’s the USA test like?

In the UK a pass grade at GCSE maths and English I think is all what’s needed to start the process

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You only get one attempt on the day, if you fail something you fail the whole thing. You then have to re book to do another test on another day. How many chances you get in total I’m not sure

@@stevengetsfit782 alr thanks man

Basically I meant to say no doubt I was pass, mess up but wasn’t going to re film. Well spotted though 👍🏼

What would you like to know?

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Yeah I see your point. I still find it odd that the police bleep test is even lower than fire service. Would think you’d need to to be the same at least

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Ah man that’s tough. Obviously we do a lot of working at heights for training but in reality most jobs I’ve been to haven’t even needed ladders!

You get used to it. If I can do it im sure you can. To be honest when you are going up the ladder you are looking mainly at your hands and not realising how high you are. Once you do it a good few times, you stop worrying about the height.

18 years in the job, and still not happy with heights. If when working on heights and I'm busy enough, it has little impact on me, but not so much when I'm standing around.

Pleased to hear they go higher now. Wouldn’t a 20 meter bleep test be more difficult as it’s another 5 meters distance to cover over that time?

@@stevengetsfit782 I believe that there are two tests, 15m, and 20m. Which is based more so on how much room there is at the test centre. The timing is also adjusted for each. 15m would seem slightly harder, as you'd be turning more often. It's been nearly 20 years since I last did a bleep test, but if i remember rightly that level 5.3 was a fast walking pace, and in my opinion, not really a good indication of someone's overall fitness, more a case of they're really unfit, or they're very average. Here's a list that I found. Specialist Roles If you are in a specialist role then you will need to complete the bleep test to a higher level. The list below details what these roles are and what level you will be expected to meet. Regular Police Officer: 5.4 PCSO: 5.4 Detention Officer: 5.4 Detective Constable: 5.4 Special Constable: 5.4 CBRN: 5.4 Method of Entry: 5.4 Dog Handler: 5.7 Level 2 Officers: 6.3 Firearms Support Unit: 9.4 Armed Response Vehicle: 9.4 Specialist Firearms Officer: 10.5

So I didn’t actually have to sit a written exam for this, my school grades were acceptable and fell within a time limit that I didn’t need to do a maths or English assessment. Other people I know who have done these assessments though said they weren’t too difficult at all. You may be able to get more information or advice from other people at your local station or the watch manager there

@@stevengetsfit782 alright thanks man cause i am currently in the United states going US army and tryna balance a career in firefighting also

@@thesimpofallstreets6232 that’s awesome man! Good luck with it all; would be an amazing achievement to do both 👏🏼

It’s on call, which is basically retained. You do still get paid so it isn’t technically volunteering. I do have a full time career away from the fire service though

@@stevengetsfit782 Ah roger that. We don't have retained FF's in my state only career and volunteer bushfire/fire and rescue. Keep up the good work mate.

Ah right I understand! Thank you man, I appreciate it 🙌🏼

Wow that’s heavy, how far would you need to carry it for?