
How to Become a Firefighter: The Insider's Guide to Passing the UK Firefighter Selection Process
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Narrated by:
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Richard McMunn
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Jacob Senior
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Richard McMunn
About this listen
Do you want to become a Firefighter? The Fire Service attracts more candidates than ever but this "insiders" guide will help you get the career you want!
We will provide you with insider tips and advice brought to you by current serving Fire Officers to show you how to get into one of the most exciting and sought after careers around. The author of this guide, Richard McMunn, spent 17 years in the UK Fire Service. He worked at many different fire stations at every position up to Station Manager, and he has also sat on numerous interview panels assessing potential candidates to join the job. This invaluable and inspiring guide will tell you exactly what you need to know in order to successfully join the fire service.
Whilst the selection process to is highly competitive, there are a number of things you can do in order to improve your chances of success, and they are all contained within this audiobook. They include:
- The top 10 insider tips and advice
- Completing the application form correctly with sample application form responses
- How to prepare for the written/academic tests
- How to prepare for the work related fitness tests
- How to prepare for the firefighter interview
- Actual interview questions plus how to answer them
- The fire service medical and how to prepare
- Useful aids for practicing and useful contact details.
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- Janalyn
- 09-19-19
A Guide to being the Best candidate
This is a very helpful guide on how not to become a fire fighter but how to become the best candidate when they are choosing new firefighters. James McMahon tells you everything from what they expect when it comes to equality of all firefighters what you should do long before starting the hiring process and how to train before it even beginning the candidate application process. He even explains the pay rate and the shifts they have at the fire department this book is jam packed with things I wouldn’t of even thought firefighters there to know. I thought all they had to know was how to put out fires boy was I wrong. I am not going to be a firefighter as I live in America. When I found out this was being read by British man I was in. I’ve always said I could listen to a British man read the phone book well I don’t know about the phonebook, but I can store listen to him tell me how to become a British firefighter. I now feel prepared. All jokes aside though he includes everyone this book is for everyone men women blacks whites whatever you race gender or minority isn’t irrelevant and the fire house because everyone depends on everyone and everyone is a brother or a sister. I thought that was a nice message I really did like this book and I really enjoyed Mr. Senior’s now reading voice. That is why I gave it five stars across-the-board. I think this is interesting for anyone who is into useless information, but especially those men and women who want to help keep homes in Britain safe.
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