East Sussex Fire
and Rescue Service is beginning a new drive to recruit retained
firefighters. Retained firefighters have
to carry alerters when on duty and need to be at the Fire Station and ready to
turn out within 5 minutes of the alerter sounding, travelling at normal road
speeds, typically from home or their place of work.
The stations
currently recruiting are:
Barcombe
Battle
Burwash
Forest Row
Hailsham
Heathfield
Herstmonceux
Lewes
Mayfield
Pevensey
Rye
Wadhurst
Retained Duty
System (RDS) Firefighters are ordinary people that combine their day jobs with
being on call for Fire and Rescue situations and emergencies. When the call
comes in, they drop what they are doing and become part of the East Sussex Fire
& Rescue team. It's a huge commitment, but an immensely rewarding way to
serve the community, keep the public safe and earn an extra income.
RDS Firefighters are paid an annual Retaining Fee of up to £2,877, plus an hourly rate of up to £13.14 for any work undertaken for the Service, including responding to
incidents and training. Your annual earnings will depend largely on how much
cover you can offer and how often you get called out.
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