The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 170 Clare Fireman Vacancies
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4th AUGUST 1998
All in all a remarkably quite day as far as the Lowestoft Training Department was concerned. And why shouldn’t it be? After all the Suffolk Farce Service Training Department never run courses during the month of August on account of the fact that they are never subscribed to by the retained majority who seem to view August as prime holiday time.
So not much doing. Well apart from the fact that ADO Hayden was instructed to report to BHQ for an afternoon Pow-Wow with the CFO, Bob Batchelor, DO Hodge (Hog with spell checker) and the rest of the Brigades Principal Officers at short notice by way of a telephone call from the CFO’s secretary at approx 10.30. By way of further ear-wigging it seems that the meeting was due to start straight after lunch at 14.00 hours. The purpose being to sort out what they were gonna do with Sub Officer X via a fitting up appointment.
Indeed, always eager to show his mug around BHQ our ADO Hayden was almost falling over himself in the rush to get down the A12 to Ipswich. That said he did have time to bump into Sub Officer X before he shooted off down south. Seems X had to get hold off him for the purpose of sorting out some leave. First up being Health and Safety leave for the next day (5th august 1998). This was for the purpose of helping Sub Officer Kieron Davey give a Health & Safety presentation to FBU officials. In fact it was the case that ADO Hayden had told Kieron Davey to get X to help him with this a few days earlier. In consequence, ADO Paul Hayden was fully aware of the situation when Wiggy approached and said no problem, ‘ no problem, just put the paper work on Jim’s desk’ as he said. X then also told ADO Hayden that for family reasons he might also need leave on the following day, 6th August 1998. Again our brummie wide boy accented ADO Paul Hayden expressed no problem and said that if the leave was required he should take it and put the paperwork for the attention of Station Officer Jim to sort out on his return from holiday.
4th AUGUST 1998
All in all a remarkably quite day as far as the Lowestoft Training Department was concerned. And why shouldn’t it be? After all the Suffolk Farce Service Training Department never run courses during the month of August on account of the fact that they are never subscribed to by the retained majority who seem to view August as prime holiday time.
So not much doing. Well apart from the fact that ADO Hayden was instructed to report to BHQ for an afternoon Pow-Wow with the CFO, Bob Batchelor, DO Hodge (Hog with spell checker) and the rest of the Brigades Principal Officers at short notice by way of a telephone call from the CFO’s secretary at approx 10.30. By way of further ear-wigging it seems that the meeting was due to start straight after lunch at 14.00 hours. The purpose being to sort out what they were gonna do with Sub Officer X via a fitting up appointment.
Indeed, always eager to show his mug around BHQ our ADO Hayden was almost falling over himself in the rush to get down the A12 to Ipswich. That said he did have time to bump into Sub Officer X before he shooted off down south. Seems X had to get hold off him for the purpose of sorting out some leave. First up being Health and Safety leave for the next day (5th august 1998). This was for the purpose of helping Sub Officer Kieron Davey give a Health & Safety presentation to FBU officials. In fact it was the case that ADO Hayden had told Kieron Davey to get X to help him with this a few days earlier. In consequence, ADO Paul Hayden was fully aware of the situation when Wiggy approached and said no problem, ‘ no problem, just put the paper work on Jim’s desk’ as he said. X then also told ADO Hayden that for family reasons he might also need leave on the following day, 6th August 1998. Again our brummie wide boy accented ADO Paul Hayden expressed no problem and said that if the leave was required he should take it and put the paperwork for the attention of Station Officer Jim to sort out on his return from holiday.
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