So the mission to silence my rumbling stomach commences…
Cold day so I brought something to bung in the microwave. My antiquated microwave was on its final few Countdown style seconds and I was just waiting for the 'bing' that would signal that my piping hot Carbonara was ready to eat when…
"Bugger! For f**k's sake! You're having a laugh!"
It's not the eagerly awaited 'bing' but that familiar sound that means the rumbling stomach will be rumbling a while longer yet!
Needless to say I wasn't best chuffed that my M&S (only the best) lunch would now be starting to congeal as I hot-foot it out of here. But duty calls and that's probably why the Government is now calling us on-call firefighters in the hope that people understand what we do instead of the traditional retained firefighters.
Get to the fire station and, before I even see the tip sheet I know what it's going to say, yes, Commercial Road and it's persons reported…
This time, as we pull into Commercial Road, smoke can be seen issuing from the old British Transport building.
I supply Lowestoft 01 with water and Mark and Jason head to the BAECO board to be the emergency team for the BA crew that have just entered this derelict and potentially dangerous building.
Again, all persons accounted for…
When the initial flurry of activity was over my stomach reminded me that it now required attention.
Back in the office, over an hour after leaving, and there was me cutting chunks out of my congealed Carbonara and chucking it down my neck.
Job done – stomach silenced…
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One response to “Fire, persons reported – Commercial Road, Lowestoft – again!”
Well Ian is this at last the recognition that Retained Firefighters are in fact exactly the same as there Wholetime counterparts, trained to the same standards, fight the same fires, release people from cars and all the other mundane jobs that are all part of the teritory that goes with the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At last people are starting to see that you are all equal.