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The Link Magazine. November 1997
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What do firefighters do in-between call outs?
Sub Officer Martin Lloyd from Westlea Fire Station provides the answer
There have been some serious in- It still surprises me that there are ber. A fire fighter from Trinidad
cidents during the past month those who think we sit around and Tobago was attached to us for
which have proved taxing to deal waiting for something to happen. a month observing events with
with. Most notable was a fire at a Our day is kept busy with con- Wiltshire Fire Brigade. We also
local hotel which required every stant training for any eventuality; had two American fire fighters
fire engine in Swindon. Fire fight- road accidents, house fires and staying for a week. We showed
ers found themselves involved in special service calls which include them how we carry out our duties
rescuing ten people as well as try- chemical spills or any incident here and hope to have introduced
ing to extinguish the fire. I am where our services are required. them to some new ideas.
happy to say that nobody was the There are also inspections and vis- Finally, we have a new recruit,
worst for wear, though more than its and talks to give. These take fresh from training school. Fire
a little aware of the frightening place around call outs, over 1,200 fighter Justin Thomas has joined
experience that is caused by fire. on last year's count. the station. We wish him and his
People often ask me what we do We had some honoured guests wife Nicki the best of times at the
when we are not dealing with fires. staying with us at Westlea in Octo- start of his new career.

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