i coverd the firefighter strikes in liverpool in the 90 s and we were in the green goddeesses!!! We had sufficient training to put fires out but we also had 1 full time raf fire fighter with the capability to use breathing apparatus in extreme emergencies.
chunkytransport:
if they do strike they will be scum of the earth just like the postal service, there are other people who would do the jobs, privatise it all i say
They are on strike…
my stepfather drove a green Goddess and told me it took a long time to get to a job lol
Greg:
chunkytransport:
if they do strike they will be scum of the earth just like the postal service, there are other people who would do the jobs, privatise it all i sayThey are on strike…
scum of the earth 
Why, exactly, are they striking ?
well all hgv drivers may as well go on strike the, 80 hour weeks 4-5 nights out for 7 quid an hour give me a fireman job or past service instead, point is in this day and age i can choose what i want to do, if you dont want to be a fireman do something else, that was the job you applied for so you should have told them what pay and hours you wanted at the interview 
Rog, the firefighters in Yorkshire are striking due to a proposed change in their shift pattern hours. At the moment the shift is 2 days of 9 hours and 2 nights of 15 hours then 4 off.
The senior managers want to change that to 4 shifts,2 days and nights, of 12 hours each.
Apparently the FF`s have also been served,en mass ,with a notice of dismissal!!
Here is a link from Sky… news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-New … rchresults
In Essex there are rumblings of strike action but this is due to a dispute concerning the manning levels of particular appliances.
chunkytransport:
…scum of the earth
Until you need them, right■■?
bullitt:
chunkytransport:
…scum of the earthUntil you need them, right■■?
while they r on strike yes, what good would they be
chunkytransport:
…while they r on strike yes, what good would they be
As already stated earlier on in the thread…in the event of a major incident or a “persons reported” call then they would go and do what they are paid and trained to do!!! 
Do try and keep up old chap!!! 
bullitt:
As already stated earlier on in the thread…in the event of a major incident or a “persons reported” call then they would go and do what they are paid and trained to do!!!
I Wouldn’t bother rising up to chunktransports comments, obviously he’s one of the know all’s who would be happy to stab his workmates in the back for that 2p per hr rise
I was on a green goddess during the firemans strike over the winter of 1977/78 in Londonderry - the only problem we had with them (apart from getting shot at) was organising who was going to ring the bloody bell. If you have never seen half a dozen squaddies fighting in the back of a moving green goddess about who is “duty bell-ringer” you havent lived!!
When they gave us sirens and blue lights it got even worse!!
bullitt:
chunkytransport:
…while they r on strike yes, what good would they beAs already stated earlier on in the thread…in the event of a major incident or a “persons reported” call then they would go and do what they are paid and trained to do!!!
Do try and keep up old chap!!!
so they are not on strike then? 
thats like a postman on strike but will still do his work 
a fireman at work is a hero
a fireman on strike a blackmailing scumbag
Davey Driver:
bullitt:
As already stated earlier on in the thread…in the event of a major incident or a “persons reported” call then they would go and do what they are paid and trained to do!!!I Wouldn’t bother rising up to chunktransports comments, obviously he’s one of the know all’s who would be happy to stab his workmates in the back for that 2p per hr rise
your obviously the billy no mates at work who goes round slagging his mates off behind their back then nice to their face, and if your so needy of 2p then you can have mine
bullitt:
Rog, the firefighters in Yorkshire are striking due to a proposed change in their shift pattern hours. At the moment the shift is 2 days of 9 hours and 2 nights of 15 hours then 4 off.The senior managers want to change that to 4 shifts,2 days and nights, of 12 hours each.
I seem to remember that we discussed this sort of stupid shift pattern recently on here.
Why don’t they do it simple - 4 days on, 4 off then 4 nights on, 4 off - each shift being 12 hours
ROG:
bullitt:
Rog, the firefighters in Yorkshire are striking due to a proposed change in their shift pattern hours. At the moment the shift is 2 days of 9 hours and 2 nights of 15 hours then 4 off.The senior managers want to change that to 4 shifts,2 days and nights, of 12 hours each.
I seem to remember that we discussed this sort of stupid shift pattern recently on here.
Why don’t they do it simple - 4 days on, 4 off then 4 nights on, 4 off - each shift being 12 hours
i agree ROG but once they decide let that be the end of it, you shouldnt be able to strike when u cant have your own way
chunkytransport:
ROG:
bullitt:
Rog, the firefighters in Yorkshire are striking due to a proposed change in their shift pattern hours. At the moment the shift is 2 days of 9 hours and 2 nights of 15 hours then 4 off.The senior managers want to change that to 4 shifts,2 days and nights, of 12 hours each.
I seem to remember that we discussed this sort of stupid shift pattern recently on here.
Why don’t they do it simple - 4 days on, 4 off then 4 nights on, 4 off - each shift being 12 hours
i agree ROG but once they decide let that be the end of it, you shouldnt be able to strike when u cant have your own way
Shouldnt be able to strike!!! Who the bloody hell brought you up Margaret Thatcher?
Hombre:
chunkytransport:
ROG:
bullitt:
Rog, the firefighters in Yorkshire are striking due to a proposed change in their shift pattern hours. At the moment the shift is 2 days of 9 hours and 2 nights of 15 hours then 4 off.The senior managers want to change that to 4 shifts,2 days and nights, of 12 hours each.
I seem to remember that we discussed this sort of stupid shift pattern recently on here.
Why don’t they do it simple - 4 days on, 4 off then 4 nights on, 4 off - each shift being 12 hours
i agree ROG but once they decide let that be the end of it, you shouldnt be able to strike when u cant have your own way
Shouldnt be able to strike!!! Who the bloody hell brought you up Margaret Thatcher?
yes, shame maggie thatcher cant be back in, get rid of the scum in britain
chunkytransport:
…a fireman on strike a blackmailing scumbag
You seem very bitter towards Firefighters, did you once try to get in but fail selection■■?
Next time they recruit, where ever your local brigade is, why dont you give it a go!! If you are in South Yorkshire there maybe 744 vacancies come new years day next year!!!
bullitt:
chunkytransport:
…a fireman on strike a blackmailing scumbagYou seem very bitter towards Firefighters, did you once try to get in but fail selection■■?
Next time they recruit, where ever your local brigade is, why dont you give it a go!! If you are in South Yorkshire there maybe 744 vacancies come new years day next year!!!
no, never fancied it, im not bitter to firefighters, read my posts a firefighter is a hero, a firestriker is not