The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 257 Wickhambrook Fireman Vacancies
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Events 15th September 1998
At approximately 1500 hours Wiggy received a telephone at work. The caller was T/ADO Graham Saward.
He went on to instruct Wiggy that he was ordered to proceed to Bury St Edmunds Fire Station immediately and present himself for a medical examination at 1700 hours that was to be undertaken by the Brigades medical adviser Dr David Deacon.
Wiggy asked T/ADO Saward why?
The latter explained that the decision to subject Wiggy to a medical examination had been taken and arranged by the Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith.
Wiggy told T/ADO Saward that he felt the short notice was unacceptable. Also that he was not due for a routine medical for at least another year. Also that he was not currently registered as sick.
T/ADO Saward said he appreciated Wiggy’s concerns and agreed that it was an extraordinary development for the Deputy Chief Fire Officer to personally organise medical examination for individuals. Nevertheless, he stated that the notice to attend the medical at two hours notice was a direct service order personally issued by Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith. As such it left Wiggy with no option but to attend or risk being prosecuted for an offence of disobedience under the Fire Service (Discipline) Regulations 1985.
Under threat Wiggy agreed to attend and he set off to Bury St Edmunds almost straight away.
Events 15th September 1998
At approximately 1500 hours Wiggy received a telephone at work. The caller was T/ADO Graham Saward.
He went on to instruct Wiggy that he was ordered to proceed to Bury St Edmunds Fire Station immediately and present himself for a medical examination at 1700 hours that was to be undertaken by the Brigades medical adviser Dr David Deacon.
Wiggy asked T/ADO Saward why?
The latter explained that the decision to subject Wiggy to a medical examination had been taken and arranged by the Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith.
Wiggy told T/ADO Saward that he felt the short notice was unacceptable. Also that he was not due for a routine medical for at least another year. Also that he was not currently registered as sick.
T/ADO Saward said he appreciated Wiggy’s concerns and agreed that it was an extraordinary development for the Deputy Chief Fire Officer to personally organise medical examination for individuals. Nevertheless, he stated that the notice to attend the medical at two hours notice was a direct service order personally issued by Deputy Chief Fire Officer Simon Smith. As such it left Wiggy with no option but to attend or risk being prosecuted for an offence of disobedience under the Fire Service (Discipline) Regulations 1985.
Under threat Wiggy agreed to attend and he set off to Bury St Edmunds almost straight away.
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