Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: barry mallett on November 07, 2010, 10:22:46 pm
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thinking of taking up firefighting on my days off , im sure i could manage it without getting too tired. have any of you guys tried it
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what size tank will you use are you going to use pure water ;D be careful the fire might melt the brush ::)
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I want to do fire fighting. But when I looked slightly into it I had to turn back as I saw you cant have bad vision....
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I want to do it mate, just always lived too far away from stations. You could even be on call when your working as long as your 5 mins away.
Would bed great as second income.
My mate is retained and we set up a forum a few years ago. We've got over 2000 members now
www.retainedfirefighter.com (http://www.retainedfirefighter.com)
Ask away on there ;)
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what size tank will you use are you going to use pure water ;D be careful the fire might melt the brush ::)
Dont use pure water, its flammable :o
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a dodle makes a great income and you can price low then keep a bit for yourself like they all do ;)
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;) ;) ;) ;)
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I want to do it mate, just always lived too far away from stations. You could even be on call when your working as long as your 5 mins away.
Would bed great as second income.
My mate is retained and we set up a forum a few years ago. We've got over 2000 members now
www.retainedfirefighter.com (http://www.retainedfirefighter.com)
Ask away on there ;)
Matt,
Barry has got you ;D
He is taking the p as firemen do window cleaning as a second job.
Keep up fella
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Oh :-[
Whats the issue with that? I dont get it
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what size tank will you use are you going to use pure water ;D be careful the fire might melt the brush ::)
Why would you use pure water and a brush to get a cat out of a tree? That`s cruel.
Get it down trad. Get up the ladders and bring it down ::).
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lee you spoil ssport ;D
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thinking of taking up firefighting fire fighting companyon my days off , im sure i could manage it without getting too tired. have any of you guys tried it
I reckon we should start up our own private fire fighting company, then go in and undercut the fire service to the government!! ;D ;D ;D
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yeh why not . im pretty good at pool , can make a good curry , like a bit of sky tv and dont mind cruising about in a big red truck with my arm out the window checking the women out . ;D
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thinking of taking up firefighting fire fighting companyon my days off , im sure i could manage it without getting too tired. have any of you guys tried it
I reckon we should start up our own private fire fighting company, then go in and undercut the fire service to the government!! ;D ;D ;D
I can also sleep all night unaided. Am I in?
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Not a bad life, is it?
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I`ll organise some car washing days.....but we`ll keep the money instead of giving it to charity.
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thinking of taking up firefighting on my days off , im sure i could manage it without getting too tired. have any of you guys tried it
with all the hot air you spout ,you should be able to blow the fires out ;D
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who said owt about going to fires , thats not in the job description ;D
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How do we go on for the kids pick up at three. Is it okay to use the big red wagon for this?And what about the pub, a lot of the carparks are a bit small for the two o'clock session.I believe a few tinnys inside the station is the norm, we'll have to suss it out.
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who said owt about going to fires , thats not in the job description ;D
Fires! Count me out of that.
I`ll set the pool balls up and keep my eye on the curry. We wouldn`t want to cause a fire would we?
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who said owt about going to fires , thats not in the job description ;D
Fires! Count me out of that.
I`ll set the pool balls up and keep my eye on the curry. We wouldn`t want to cause a fire would we?
;D
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bagsy first down the pole ;D
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Any one play ping pong? ;D
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who said owt about going to fires , thats not in the job description ;D
Fires! Count me out of that.
I`ll set the pool balls up and keep my eye on the curry. We wouldn`t want to cause a fire would we?
;D ;D
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work the other way round seems firefighter make a good sideline out of windowcleaning mate i met a few who do
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work the other way round seems firefighter make a good sideline out of windowcleaning mate i met a few who do
a few tried it around here in the 80s,but didnt last
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its different sliding down a pole then climbing the ladder
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Yeh we should set up our own fire service privately,
then the government can turn to us , when the fire fighters go on strike again, because they are trying to give them normal working hours, instead of playing pool and sleeping, whilst at work... and the other 20 hours they get off per week,...where they then go out window cleaning will have to stop !....
didums !!
yes it would be a good idea if we offered our services part time....
see how they like it.
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I must admit certain windowcleaning/firemen seem to get some of the best affluent areas when it comes to domestic work. ???
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Its us poor sods that pay there 33k salarys and then they go round nicking our customers...... scum >:(
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Made some easy money today. Well back to the grind stone tomorrow. 2 days, 2 nights , 4 days off . ;)
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well if you need a driver I am qualified in the green goddess and the red wagons, I have the blue light training and can operate the pump on both models. by the way it cost a small fortune to fly me to the uk to be trained, I was in Bosnia at the time, and they could not get me a military flight quick enough, so I returned via serbia, holland, manchester then to Edinburgh, oh then lost 4 weeks leave to cover the strikes, thanks lads, hope you got your pay rise
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at the end of the day they are glorified binmen, ( not knocking those guys) and there wage is that poop they need another income
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They are on good money full (erm!) time,
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Made some easy money today. Well back to the grind stone tomorrow. 2 days, 2 nights , 4 days off . ;)
;D
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They are on good money full (erm!) time,
not round here there not
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Guys if your ever stuck in a fire or have a bad car accident or members of family are, dont call 999.
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Guys if your ever stuck in a fire or have a bad car accident or members of family are, dont call 999.
We will, but would like too think they are not too knackered from w/c or grass cutting.
23k if that is their basic is far too low for what they do
Lee
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Guys if your ever stuck in a fire or have a bad car accident or members of family are, dont call 999 when X Factor is on please.
Fair enough, they have lives too.
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Im not gonna rise to any of you, im not a fireman at end of day (yet).
They do do 4 on 4 off, but they still do 40 hours, 10 hour days seeing all sorts of horrible sites. Could you rescue a burning child and watch them die? Id want a good wage for that.
What they choose to do on their days off is completely up to them, if they have the energy to do a bit more work then fairpay to them.
You guys whinge about people on dole who dont do anything...but then these guys are working too much???
I dont see any of your what any of your problems are, apart from a little jealously maybe.
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Sensai,
We`re only joking, well some are.
And it`s only a bit of fun about what they do when they`re not on a job, not the job they do.
They do a vitally important job.
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Im sorry but it does tick me off that all though some of you "may" be joking its said in jest.
I want to be a fireman more than anything, and i want to do it to help people...and yes id still carry on window cleaning to...i just dont get your issues.
Do any of you know just how hard it is to get in aswel? Its really hard work. The application is 6 questions of 300 words each which has to go through the selection process, then if, IF your accepted its then 4 hours of writtens, if you pass then 4 hours of physical tests. Then if youve got that far its the interview which is about 45 minutes long in front of a panel...i went for Surrey fire service last and there was 23,000 applications!
Ive passed the writtens and physicals but havent manage to pass an interview yet. But will try again, but means ive gotta start from scratch.
Could any of you do that? Then live with seeing sites that will stick with you forever and a day. I would hate for you guys to think of me in this way when i get in after all my hard work and hours and hours of preperation just to get in. Give em a break lads even if you are joking...i dunna find this one funny sorry.
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It is a very good wage with benefits, and hardly anyone leaves the service because it is that good.
I think the only problem is when they have other jobs like window cleaning and can afford to charge less, thereby putting the full time wc at a disadvantage competing with the price !
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Theres loads of guys cheaper than me...but people still use me? Why? Because they choose to.
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Im sorry but it does tick me off that all though some of you "may" be joking its said in jest.
I want to be a fireman more than anything, and i want to do it to help people...and yes id still carry on window cleaning to...i just dont get your issues.
Do any of you know just how hard it is to get in aswel? Its really hard work. The application is 6 questions of 300 words each which has to go through the selection process, then if, IF your accepted its then 4 hours of writtens, if you pass then 4 hours of physical tests. Then if youve got that far its the interview which is about 45 minutes long in front of a panel...i went for Surrey fire service last and there was 23,000 applications!
Ive passed the writtens and physicals but havent manage to pass an interview yet. But will try again, but means ive gotta start from scratch.
Could any of you do that? Then live with seeing sites that will stick with you forever and a day. Give em a break lads even if you are joking...i dunna find this one funny sorry.
mate I have family that are retained firemen in rural locations, and my hat comes off to them, my hat also comes off to full time firemen, but the post about flying across Europe to cover the strikes was not made up, but what I do know is the wage of a private soldier is far less than a fireman and these young lads are covering strikes because the fire service feel they have been hard done to.
I have nothing against them doing windows or anything else as long as it is declared and a guy local to me openly admitted he cleaned carpets at a lot less than the established firms as he only wanted to pay for his golf trips away
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The joke`s not really about the firemen, it`s the cliched idea of firemen.
Like tradders in Mondeos working for beer money, accountants and wfp users being boring, chefs being fat and the clergy working one day a week.
It`s the cliche that`s funny, not the job.
Well, that`s true for me.
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I'm locking this thread as it is little more than a wind up joke thread or a deliberately argumentative one.
Ian