My Fire Service Career 1985 to the present day

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6 жыл бұрын

So in 1985 I joined up as a fire cadet with the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service. Since then I have worked in a variety of roles and attended a wide range of incidents and experienced some of the best and worst sides to life. You never know how your day is going to work out in this job and you learn something new everyday

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@professorminstrels6460 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Joined cheshire fire and rescue service in 2017, currently at warrington fire station

@johnlinden9106 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hope you are enjoying your career. Despite all the changes it’s still a great job working with some special people who make a difference.

@professorminstrels6460 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnlinden9106 yes definitely. Always rewarding working in the community.

@mouldyrx8 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see a great career I joined wmfs as a yfa at 12, then at 18 joined the training school at 19 I got my first Station. In my second week on the way to a 7am start I got knocked off my motorbike and broke my back in 3 places. I had 6 months off work but I got medically discharged never to be able to fulfill my childhood dream keep the dream going you don’t know how lucky you are 👍🏻

@johnlinden9106 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Mould that must have been hard for you. I am sorry to hear that. I have been lucky and have had some great opportunities that have taken me all over the U.K. and even to the USA. Time has gone too quickly though

@ellevanfranco8252 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, well done!

@RandyDarkshade2 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@darrenharlow3016 6 жыл бұрын

fantastic you should be really proud well done on a great career

@Pete7647 6 жыл бұрын

THANKS JOHN.

@josephfletcher4272 3 жыл бұрын

man you should be proud of what you are doing your doing a great job

@johnlinden9106 3 жыл бұрын

Joseph Fletcher thank you.

@NeilM01989 5 жыл бұрын

You really are doing very well with such a career as part of the UK's fire and rescue services, forget Fireman Sam it's Firefighter John. Lol. Keep up the great work mate. 👍🙂

@KovietUnionDefector 8 ай бұрын

And not to forget one of the highlights of the start of your career. Having the pleasure to be lead fire cadet to one of the 2 most awesome founding female fire cadets of the Hunstanton Fire Cadet team ;) Now sailing the 7 seas as HSE & Marine Ecology Mitigation advisor to the Oil, Gas & Renewables industry ;)

@johnlinden9106 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you are doing well 😊😊

@KovietUnionDefector 8 ай бұрын

@@johnlinden9106 same to you! I dropped Facebook a long time ago. I couldn't stand it. But it is a shame because I lost contact with many good peeps. Enjoy your your work bro...respect From the Finnish borderlands of Russia;)

@johnlinden9106 8 ай бұрын

@@KovietUnionDefector ah that’s a shame you have lost contact with people. You can always email me. Stay safe out there. ☺️

@steuk6510 3 жыл бұрын

I love the old fire engines

@markpunt9638 5 жыл бұрын

Ooh - that 747 bus crash. Remember that

@MSavageEsq 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic career. Are you still in?

@johnlinden9106 6 жыл бұрын

MSavageEsq yes I am still in. Few more years to go yet.

@MSavageEsq 6 жыл бұрын

Very good. Hope you keep these videos coming too. I am finally and belatedly starting my firefighting career, as a volunteer in Australia. Only about 24 years after I had intended to.

@johnlinden9106 6 жыл бұрын

MSavageEsq well good luck. It’s a rewarding and unpredictable career.

@MSavageEsq 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm looking forward to it. Many family members were firefighters, I just fell foul of eyesight regulations in the UK.

@johnlinden9106 6 жыл бұрын

MSavageEsq They have lowered the standards over the years and you can wear glasses now. I think it was used at one point as a way of sifting out applicants. !!

@derbyshireemergencyphotos1817 3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, What rank are you in the service?

@johnlinden9106 3 жыл бұрын

Derbyshire EmergencyPhotos My current role is operational support officer which is a watch manager level. My job includes delivering training, responding to incidents, managing risk information and assisting firefighter development. My job is based around supporting operations and improving firefighter safety.

@derbyshireemergencyphotos1817 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnlinden9106 Ah, How long did it taken you to work work up to that rank?

@johnlinden9106 3 жыл бұрын

Derbyshire EmergencyPhotos I have been in the service for 29 years as an operational firefighter and before that I joined as a cadet in 1985. I have been a watch manager for 18 years in other roles