| QUOTE (Commissioner @ March 19, 2006 04:49 pm) |
| Coming from London, I've never been aware of retained firefighters - I hadn't even heard of them up until a few years ago. Am I right in thinking there aren't as many in big cities as there are in rural areas? |
There are no retained stations in London's area. They are only used in smaller towns and villages.
| QUOTE (james789 @ March 19, 2006 10:22 pm) |
| QUOTE (Commissioner @ March 19, 2006 04:49 pm) | | Coming from London, I've never been aware of retained firefighters - I hadn't even heard of them up until a few years ago. Am I right in thinking there aren't as many in big cities as there are in rural areas? |
There are no retained stations in London's area. They are only used in smaller towns and villages.
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Its not so much as the smaller towns and villages but rather where it is more cost effective to have either a half whole time and half retained station or a fully retained station. It is not really dependent on the size of the town as I know of a couple of places where there is a large area to cover but they have one station with two fully retained appliances!
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My town, large suburb of Dublin over 100,000 residents still have a retained station, talk of it going full-time but I'll believe it when I see it
| QUOTE (Sarge @ March 20, 2006 05:35 pm) |
| My town, large suburb of Dublin over 100,000 residents still have a retained station, talk of it going full-time but I'll believe it when I see it |
Yeah Al, they talk about it but when they realise how much more it will cost them I think it may change their minds!!
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How much?!?!?!
la-*test*-('") I've heard it'll be the end of they year few months ago its was supposed to be this August few months before that it was this March