On Call Firefighter Lancaster, England
Job description
We are currently recruiting for On-Call Firefighters for Stations across Lancashire.
On Call Firefighters often have another job and will provide on-call cover from home or their place of work. They respond to emergencies when their pager alerts them, so must live or work within 5 minutes travel time from the station, except for Preesall and Silverdale which is 8 minutes.
The Stations recruiting are:
Northern Area: Lancaster, Carnforth, Morecambe, Bolton Le Sands, Silverdale, Garstang, Fleetwood, Preesall, Hornby
Eastern Area: Longridge, Clitheroe, Hyndburn, Great Harwood, Darwen
Southern Area: Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Tarleton, Chorley, Bamber Bridge
Western Area: Wesham, Lytham, St Annes
Pennine Area: Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Nelson, Earby, Colne, Padiham, Barnoldswick
Recruitment to a particular station will be dependent upon the available hours at the time of the closing date, if the station you have applied for does not have available hours at that time, your application will be carried forward to the next recruitment campaign.
We generally require On Call Firefighters to give between 60-120 hours per week. Patterns and hours of cover vary from station to station. Our biggest requirement is for day time cover Monday – Friday 06:00-18:00 and 24 hours across Saturday and Sunday.
It is essential that you contact your station’s On Call Support Officer to discuss suitable hours of cover and your distance to the station before submitting an application. Contact details for each station’s On Call Support Officer are below:
Northern Area
Lancaster, Garstang, Fleetwood, Preesall
Contact Name: Sarah Holden
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07867 787817
Morecambe, Bolton le Sands, Carnforth, Silverdale, Hornby
Contact Name: Russell Green
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07970 020908
Eastern Area
Longridge, Clitheroe, Hyndburn, Great Harwood, Darwen
Contact Name: Glen Dinsdale
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07568 100849
Southern Area
Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Tarleton, Bamber Bridge, Chorley
Contact Name: Richard Newton
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07970 020911
Western Area
Wesham, Lytham, St Annes
Contact Name: Liz Riding
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07501 042764
Pennine Area
Barnoldswick, Nelson, Earby, Colne, Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden
Contact Name: Rick Waller
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07879 817796
Padiham
Contact Name: Liz Riding
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Number: 07501 042764
Candidates are required to meet the following eyesight standard: - Uncorrected distance vision no worse than 6/18 in the better eye and 6/24 in the worse eye. Corrected distance acuity should be at least 6/9 with both eyes open and reach 6/12 in the weaker eye. If you have concerns in relation to your eye sight, colour blindness, or have had laser eye surgery, please request an optician form via Email at [email protected] to take to your optician to ensure you meet the eye sight standard.
Please note, the Pre-Learning evening sessions will take place over 4 weeks on station either week commencing 25 September 2023 or week commencing 9 October 2023.
There will also be a Pre-Learning session at Service Training Centre, Chorley, on the Saturday 21 October 2023 and Saturday 4 November 2023.
Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours on Sunday 2 July 2023.
If you are interested in becoming an On Call Firefighter
Diversity Matters at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service – we want to attract the broadest range of people to work with us and the more diverse the workforce, the better able we are to serve our community. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief or age. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
This post has been advertised internally and externally.
