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Fire Control Blue Watch had a visit from our colleagues at @StaffsFire (Newcastle Crews) today. We spent the morning showing them what we do, and getting to know them, and answer any questions they had about Fire Control. Thank you for the treats and lovely card!
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Exciting news! Fire Control will shortly be recruiting!
If you are interested in joining our amazing team, register your interest by clicking on the link below to learn more about the role of a Firefighter (Control).
wmfs.net/careers/fire-contro…
ALT A female fire control operator, with 3 computer screens behind her is pointing towards another screen.
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Please take care when driving near fords and rivers, we have a number of incidents where cars have got trapped in flood waters. Please keep safe and avoid these areas.
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As we celebrate #InternationalMensDay, we want to give a big shout out to all the Men who work in Fire Control, we couldn't do our job without your amazing support. Today, on White Watch, we have Kulbir, Nick & Scott on duty. A big shout out also to our Male operational crews ❤️
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To advise, we currently have several crews in attendance at St Nicholas Street, Radford, Coventry. Please avoid the area
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📣 YOUR views can help to shape your fire service and support your communities!
🚒 Watch and hear more from @WestMidsFire Chief Fire Officer Wayne Brown👇
💬 Then please take 10 minutes to fill in our survey - wmfs.net/consultation-2023/
Thank you!
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🔥 Less than 3 days left to apply for Trainee Firefighter (Control)!🔥
🚨 Apply now to join our fantastic, hardworking and professional team!🚨
Click on the link below - closes midday on Friday 21st April!🚒
wmfs.link/3U8S3t9
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🚨 Our Trainee Firefighter (Control) vacancy closes in 9 days time!🚨
Come and join our dedicated, professional and hardworking team.
🔥 Don't delay, apply today!🔥
Click on the link below to complete the application form!🚒
wmfs.link/3U8S3t9
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🚨 Attention all aspiring Firefighter (Control) Operators! 🔥
Are you interested in joining our highly skilled team?
Recruitment for Trainee Firefighter (Control) is now live!
Apply today via the link below.
wmfs.link/3U8S3t9
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Only 13 spaces left on our Fire Control Recruitment Open Evening on the 28th March!! 🔥 Don't miss out on the chance to learn about the role of Fire Control, including recruitment and training. Book now to avoid disappointment. wmfs.net/events-directory/
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🚨 Attention all aspiring Firefighter (Control) Operators! 🔥 Don't miss out on the chance to learn about the role of Fire Control, including recruitment and training. Attend our open evenings on the 21 or 28 March. RSVP essential as places are limited -wmfs.link/3JqFPZ3
ALT Picture of a female control operator wearing a headset answering a call using a touch screen. Behind her are 2 wide computer screens.
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White Watch would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 🎁 We hope you have a fun and peaceful day #staysafe
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Thank you to @WMFSBillesley for presenting Fire Control with our award from the West Midlands Branch of the Fire Officers Association. We have received recognition for our hard work & commitment through the heatwave this year, taking over 20,000 calls! ☎️🔥 🚒
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Hello from Blue Watch serving Staffordshire and West Midlands and we are celebrating International Control Room Week. On duty we have long serving Officers and our newest recruit totalling 85 years service.
#controlroomweek
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Meet some of our lovely Red Watch who are celebrating international control room week. This evening there is just under 73 years of experience in the room! 🔥 🚒 🎧 As well as taking 999 calls we're also completing training & development @CR_Week #HerosInHeadsets #ControlRoomWeek
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Last but not least, meet Tracy. Tracy joined Fire Control 17 years ago. She is one of our most experienced Operators. Her colleagues would say about Tracy that she is the fastest finger in the west, she answers calls before the phone even rings! She also loves her 🍰 @CR_Week
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Meet Hayley. Hayley joined Fire Control 2 years and 2 days ago! She is usually on Green Watch but is helping White Watch out tonight. Her colleagues would describe her as 'Hardworking', 'Caring' & 'Loves a beer 🍺' @CR_Week
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Meet Justine. Justine joined Fire Control in the year 2000, when she was 5 😄 She is currently a temporary Watch Manager on White Watch. Her colleagues would describe her as 'fair', 'hardworking' & 'loves a cocktail, or two!'. @CR_Week
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Meet Nick. Nick is our shiny new recruit on White Watch. He joined us in January this year. He is enjoying life as a Control Room Operator. His colleagues would describe him as 'chilled', 'nice bloke' & 'already part of the furniture' @CR_Week
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Meet Annmarie. Annmarie is usually on Blue Watch but is assisting us on White this evening. She has worked in Fire Control for 6 years and is currently working towards being a Crew Manager. Her colleagues would describe her as a 'tea lover', 'kind & caring'. @CR_Week
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Meet Kate. Kate usually works on Blue but again, is helping her colleagues on White Watch this evening. Kate has been in Fire Control for 6 years. She is currently a temporary Watch Manager. Her colleagues would describe her as 'Disney lover', 'dedicated' & 'helpful'. @CR_Week
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Meet Sally. Sally is one of our newest recruits. She joined us on White Watch in May 2021. She is currently working towards her competency which takes around 3 years. Her colleagues would describe her as a 'yam yam', 'hardworking', 'keen' & 'motivated'.@CR_Week
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Meet Caroline. Caroline is a fully fledged member of White Watch. She has worked in Fire Control for 24 years! She is one of our most experienced Control Room Operators. Her colleagues would describe her as 'mad as a box of frogs', 'hardworking' & dedicated. @CR_Week
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Meet Carly. The officer in charge of the Watch tonight. She normally works on Green Watch but is supporting White Watch this evening. Carly has worked in Fire Control for 23 years, almost 24! Her colleagues would describe her as 'meticulous' & 'knowledgeable' 😃 @CR_Week
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From the 24th-30th October, it's #ControlRoomWeek. A time to celebrate the amazing work carried out by Emergency Control Rooms up and down the country. Please show your support and appreciation for ALL the #HeroesInHeadsets 🎧 ☎️ 🔥 🚒
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Today we bid a sad farewell to WM Mandy Gordon as she retires from Staffordshire & West Midlands Fire Control. She joined @WestMidsFire back in 1983 as a YTS apprentice, she then moved to Fire Control in 1988 and has been here ever since. She will be sorely missed by everyone.
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Red Watch are joining Fire Controls across the country in a Dress Down weekend in aid of the @firefighters999
You can donate to our JustGiving page by clicking here: wmfs.link/3O7QPdK.
#ControlDoesDressDown #ControlForTheFirefightersCharity #TeamFireControl
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Thanks to all who joined us this week for our #FireControlJubileeTea. Also thanks to those who baked and bought the sweet treats. We had lots of coffee, cake and chats, and thanks to your generous donations, we have raised over £350 so far for @firefighters999 #TeamFireControl
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After 15 years working in Control, today is Alex's last day 😔 He will be hanging up his headset @ 1900hrs to take on a new job working on the railway. Since he joined in 2007, Alex has worked as a Control Operator and Crew Manager. He will be missed by all. Good luck @AlFeher77
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The lovely Jude will be hanging up her headset after her shift tonight and will be retiring from Fire Control following a career spanning 37 years 😊 She will be sorely missed by everyone in Control, and the wider Brigade. We wish her a long, happy, healthy retirement. 🎧🍾🎊
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A huge Congratulations to our new Fire Control Trainees at their Pass Out Parade yesterday. Super proud of you all as you move onto the next stage of your journey with Staffs & West Mids Fire Control 👏 👏 👏 🎓 🏆 🚒 🔥
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We are currently dealing with a large house fire in Edgbaston. Six fire appliances are currently in attendance, and traffic is building up in the area of Vernon Road. Please consider an alternate route if travelling through the area
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Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Her Majesty the Queen, the wider royal family and everyone affected by the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Flags at our fire stations are being flown at half-mast as a mark of respect.
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After 19 years in Fire Control wishing Emma all the best in the next chapter of her career. Congratulations and good luck from all of us in FC, you`ll smash it! 👏👏👏🌟💐
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Fire Control are supporting #InternationalWomensDay and today on duty we have 8 female staff - here are Debbie and Lucy deep in concentration! 😃
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Blue Watch on Duty, keeping you safe today! We have enjoyed a fantastic socially distanced Christmas Dinner, and we even had enough for our HQ Security Officer Lee to enjoy too! #MerryChristmas
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Thank you to @WMFSWoodgate Red watch for the Christmas Goodies!
ALT A fire control operator stood next to a Christmas tree holding a box of cakes
ALT A box of homemade flapjacks, mince pies, and chocolate and walnut pies
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Well Done and Good Luck to our amazing new Fire Control trainees who all passed their (very difficult) assessments and after a tough 8 weeks of hard work they`re now ready to move on to their new watches. You`re all fantastic! 😍
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Christmas Jumper Day 2020!! Our Fire Control trainees getting in the Christmas spirit before they join their new watches....It`s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄 🎅 🤶 🎁 ❄️
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We currently have a number of resources at a High Rise Fire in Frederick Road near Five Ways in Birmingham City Centre. @WestMidsFire
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So tonight, White Watch bid farewell to Chris (the one with the tash 👨) He hasn't been with us very long but will be greatly missed. He is returning to @WarksFireRescue as a Crew Manager in Fire Control 🎉 Congratulations on your promotion Chris & good luck in your new role 😀
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Our new Fire Control Trainees having a look around the pump rescue ladder from Handsworth Fire Station. Thanks to @A07 for your expertise!
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Wishing our Fire Control Mummy-to-be Denise cradles full of luck on her last day. A new recruit in the making? Good bye and Good Luck with the new arrival. 👶
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Fire Control have chosen to spread some Christmas cheer through donating to @OCC_shoeboxes Thank you to all who filled a shoebox and thank you to the lovely @x_bnff for delivering them following her busy night shift! 🎄 🎁 ☃️ #OperationChristmasChild
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Pictures of the #UnsungHeroes on duty on White Watch today. Don't forget to vote in the poll on the previous tweet 😃
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First day today for our new Fire Control Trainees, introducing them to their new surroundings Welcome to the team! 😀 #InternationalControlRoomWeek #futureheroesinheadsets
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And we're off 😀 #InternationalControlRoomWeek has started and we are all very excited for the week ahead. We are celebrating the #UnsungHeroes of Emergency Control Rooms up and down the country. Remember, each mention of #UnsungHeroes @apdcomms will donate £1 to @MindCharity
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Crews from Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Haden Cross and Dudley in attendance at a Substation on fire located just off Stourbridge Ring Road by Aldi. Electricity board have been requested
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At 0800hrs this morning the lovely Lorelle will be leaving White Watch to start a new job in Fire Safety next week. We wish her lots of Luck in her new role.
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VACANCIES: We're looking for people to train as Fire Control Operators with @SWMFireControl! Applications close on 21 June. Those successful at written stage will get an invitation to an assessment day. 🍀🤞For more info ➡️ wmfs.link/2MtEzIl x.com/WestMidsFire/status/12…
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A big thank you to @tinekenunn for dropping off these special cakes to us today. They were lovely 😋 #VEDay
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Blue Watch Fire Control were honoured to take part in the 2 minute silence for #VEDay75 Some members of the watch took the opportunity to dress up in their 1940's attire too 😊🇬🇧 #NotForgotten
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Fire Control would like to wish Captain Tom a Happy 100th Birthday! #messedupsong #CaptainTom100 #HERO 🎉
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Green Watch showing our appreciation to the NHS & key workers #readywillingable #clapforcarers #staysafe #stayhome #protecttheNHS 👏💚💙💛❤️
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In order for Captain Tom to reach his 30 million target, Blue Watch Control had a whip round & contributed £80 towards this amazing fundraiser. Captain Tom is an inspiration to us all & we would like to wish him a very happy 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th birthday 🎂🌈 @captaintommoore
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Blue Watch celebrating our amazing NHS, and all other keyworkers! #ClapForCarers #clapforkeyworkers #readywillingable
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Although we had a busy start to the night shift, taking nearly 100 calls in 2 hours, we managed to get some of Blue Watch out to show our appreciation for the NHS and all other key workers. We were kindly joined by @aston_fire 😊 #ClapForTheNHS #ClapForOurCarers #clapforkeywo ...
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