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▫️Flexi-Duty Station Commander (📟S022) ▫️ Specialist Operational Response Officer▫️East Mids Regional NILO Coordinator▫️ National Resilience SPOC
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The last 24 hrs have been shit to say the least! Just before Lunchtime yesterday I received the call to get to 🏥 as Mrs G was being moved to Critical Care. x1 Op & 24hrs Later, my Amazing Wife is on the mend. A massive thank you to all the staff at
@RoyalPapworth
#trueheroes
❤️
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Super Proud of my team today. Whilst heading back to station we stumbled across
@EMASNHSTrust
carrying out CPR at the side of the road. Without a thought, the 🚒 was stopped & Crew assisted with CPR inc. on route to 🏥
#topteam
@northantsfire
#greenwatch
#mereway
#notjustfires
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Love receiving pics of My Little Dude whilst I'm not there 😍
He's been moved from HDU to Special Care as he no longer needs 1-2-1 nursing care 🤗
No visit from me today as have been busy sorting things at home. Can't wait to get back and see him tomorrow for more Daddy Cuddles
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Over the past few months I've been working towards a new venture within
@northantsfire
Well the hard work has paid off, as yesterday I received the fantastic news that I have passed the Station Manager Process 😃
Looking forward to starting my new role later in the New Year
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Arrived at a traumatic incident before crews this evening. Sometimes responding in a car on your own can be a very lonely place. Huge shout out to
@northantsfire
Wellbeing Team & friends & colleagues on my Command Group for the Post Incident Support
#oneteam
#ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
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Laura and I would like to welcome Louis Mark Gayton into the world. 💙 Born at 10.24 this morning weighing 6lbs 15oz. He's currently working on his tan with his cool dude shades on 😎 chilling out sipping Antibiotic Cocktails 🍹whilst Mum gets some rest. Our 🌍 is Complete
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Car and Kit Checked can only mean one thing...
...Another week of Flexi-Duty starts tomorrow morning 🚒📟
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Polite Request...
If you do suddenly find that your Sporty BMW doesn't like Flood Water, please don't hurl abuse at 🚒🚓🚑 on our arrival... Control Staff & Crews have been & still are working incredibly hard to attend all flooding incidents.. TIA 👍🏼
#bewateraware
#drivesafe
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Final prep complete, ready to travel to London tomorrow. Honoured to be representing
@northantsfire
at the
#Cenotaph
for
#RemembranceSunday
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Back Home after a long two weeks of learning at
@FSCmoreton
on the NILO (National Inter-Agency Liaison Officer) Course
Ensuring that
@jesip999
is at the heart of everything we do
Now time to get some rest in before my week of Flexi-Duty starts on Monday 📟🔥
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A bit later than expected, but Mrs G and Baby G are finally home 🤗
A big thank you to
@rosiehospital
for looking after Louis so well 🙏
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It's been a shit day for a number of reasons, but coming home to this awesome little chap makes it all better 🤗
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Spent the morning out and about with
@NealjKing13
undertaking some Driver Refresher Training on the Joint Command Unit on behalf of
@JointOpsTeam
@northantsfire
@NorthantsPolice
#teamwork
#oneteam
#shesabeast
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National Inter-Agency Liaison Officers from all 3 Blue Light Services covering Race Day for
@F1
#BritishGP
at
@SilverstoneUK
🏁
@jesip999
🚒🚓🚑
@NILONATIONAL
@NiloCoordinator
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The perks of Working From Home... I get to have this smiley little helper in the office with me 😍
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New Boat Day 🛟
As part of an ongoing review of our Specialist Equipment, we today received the first of our replacement boats 🚤
#notjustfires
#waterrescue
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One increadibly busy night shift over after heavy flash flooding in Northampton.
#greenwatch
#mereway
attended 24 incidents ranging from Flooding to Rescues from water. Hats off to our
#HeroesInHeadsets
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#team999
#peoplewhohelpus
#notjustfires
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A very different view from the office today.
Working with crews from
#Corby
#RedWatch
to repatriate
@northantsfire
@HVPCapability
assets following last nights 🔥 at Luton Airport
Excellent work by all to assist
@BedsFire
colleagues as the incident scales down
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Cat B Response Driving Refresher all Passed 😃
x1 step closer to starting my new Role
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#stationmanager
#response
#bluelight
#newventures
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That's another busy week of Flexi Duty completed.
Over the course of the week I attended 13 Incidents either as First Attendance Officer, Manual Handling Officer, Animal Rescue Officer or as Incident Commander.
Now to enjoy a couple of days off recharging the batteries 🔋😴
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Final Briefing Complete... Fed and Watered... Now off to bed ready for an early start tomorrow morning
#Cenotaph
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
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Picked up my new Crew Commander Helmet earlier, ready to start my additional On-Call roll in a week's time. Spent the last hour applying the decals and rank markings
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#helmet
#firehelmet
#crewcommander
#oncall
#retained
#burtonlatimer
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Came home to find my Mini Me all dressed and ready for his night shift 🚒🤣
I thought it was time he earned a promotion...
...Introducing SC Gayton Jnr 🧑🚒
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Wow! What a fantastic experience.
Absolutely honoured and humbled to be able to represent
@northantsfire
and pay my respects as part of the Civil Service Contingent Guard of Honour at the
#Cenotaph
in London.
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
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I've avoided it for 15 years, but yesterday I finally gave in and took to the sky 😱
Using the Aerial Appliance alongside Drone Technology to enhance my situational awareness as Incident Commander.
Not sure I'm ready to go in the new Aerial just yet though 🤣
#dontlookdown
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Some Good News today. Mrs G had her 20week Scan and all is ok 🤗 Baby is growing nicely with no obvious complications...
...Now just to get Mrs G on the mend 🤞
#BabyGayton
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Tomorrow sees the start of a busy week.
Meetings in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Merseyside before heading to London to represent
@northantsfire
at this year's
#RemembranceSunday
at the
#Cenotaph
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Nipped into the office earlier to grab some bits before my week of leave starts. Louis had a great time exploring the Station 🚒👨🚒🚨
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First Day Booked on in my new role as S022 for
@northantsfire
First mobilisation within 5 mins of booking on. Didn't even make it out of the carpark before being stood down 🤣
Let's see what the rest of the day brings
#firefighter
#response
#team999
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At 13:46 the crew from
@NFRSMereway
and I stood to pay our respects
#September11
#NeverForget
#WeRemember911
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It doesn't matter if you didn't get the
#ALevelResults
you were expecting
I quit Sixth Form as it wasn't for me
Since then I have joined my dream career & gained numerous qualifications in a variety of subjects
Exams don't mean everything
You can be ANYTHING you want to be
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Just attended a 'Persons Reported' Shout that turned out to be a Hoax Call. On arrival, Objects were thrown at the 🚒
*This Is Not Acceptable* 😡
This hoax tied up x3 🚒 x2🚑 a 🚔 & Myself for over an hour whilst crews carried out a search of the premise for signs of 🔥 or 🤕
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Another successful event for today's
#MotoGP
🏍️🏁
Working alongside
#NILO
colleagues from
@emas
&
@NorthantsPolice
as part of the Tri-Service
#MASAT
(Multi-Agency Specialist Assessment Team)
@NILONATIONAL
@NiloCoordinator
@jesip999
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Glad I washed the car yesterday 🤣
A cheeky bit of Off-Roading to get to this morning's Make Pumps 6 heathland fire 🔥 🚒
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My first month in my new Role complete ✅
x12 Incidents Attended
x5 Incidents as Incident Commander
x4 Monitoring Forms completed to aid development of others & Ops Assurance
Absolutely loving my new role & learning & absorbing all I can...
...Now time for a week of R+R
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A picturesque finish to the evening following an Alarm Activation in Harringworth
📸
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After a whole month off, it's time to book back on duty tomorrow morning📱📟
Heading straight back in to a week of Flexi Duty 🚒👨🚒🔥
Vehicle and Equipment all checked and ready to go ✅👍
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A huge thank you to the
@EMASNHSTrust
crews who attended to Louis this morning when he started struggling to breathe.
After a check over at A+E we are back home and he's having a well deserved rest with Mummy and Daddy 🤗
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A busy and cold day today.
Body Worn Video once again proving its worth as part of the decision logging and operational learning processes
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First On Scene at a 🚙🔥 whilst travelling back home this evening
Assisted in putting in a road closure alongside
@NorthantsPolice
to ensure crew safety whilst they dealt with the incident 🚨 🚧
Crews arrived & quickly dealt with the incident to allow the road to reopen
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A varied week this week consisting of reviewing Operational Response Plans & Departmental Meetings
4x Shouts across the week & a chance to put the new car to the test 🚗
I'm providing extra cover over night so will see what the night brings... It's going to be a warm one 🥵
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Another busy day today.
Headed into the office and picked up x3 incidents back to back.
Kit and PPE all cleaned and replaced ready for the phone to ring again....
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18:30hrs Just leaving the office to head home & a local group arrives for a station visit...
Crew are out at an incident... Only one thing for it... Impromptu station tour by
@scott_hirons
& myself 😁🚒
We even left the thank you biscuits for the crew to enjoy 🍪☕
@NFRSMereway
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It's been another busy day today, with 3x incidents attended back to back;
1x 💦🛟 as Incident Commander
1x ☣️⚠️ as HazMat Advisor
1x 🔥 as HazMat Advisor
#notjustfires
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I had the pleasure of attending the
@northantsfire
Awards Ceremony with Mrs G last night.
Great to see so many people receiving their 20yr & 30yr 🎖️
I was honoured to receive a CFOs Commendation along with other colleagues from across the service 📜
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I'm on a very important Mission this morning...
Carrying Out Operation 'Bring Mrs G Home'
After a week of treatment, she's coming home 😀 albeit on home treatments but I get my girl back where she belongs 🏠
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It's time to tell the world... It's official! Baby Gayton is Due 4th August 2021
We are over the moon ☺️
(I deleted the previous tweet by mistake 🤦🏼♂️)
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A busy last 24hrs. Spent the night providing officer support cover in
#FireControl
before undertaking the role of Incident Commander at a Make Pumps 6 & Water Bowsers 1.
Excellent work by initial attending crews with limited Water Supplies
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Following on from his guest appearance a few months ago, Louis is busy checking out the latest edition of
@fbunational
#FIREFIGHTER
magazine
🚒🤓
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Met with Crews from
@20NFRS
this afternoon to formally put their replacement Water Rescue Boat Unit On-The-Run
This is part of a review of our Water Rescue Capabilities and provides crews with the opportunity to access flooded sites with greater ease
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Apologies for any inconvenience caused in the road closures on the
#A45
#Northampton
crews have been In Attendance assisting with the transfer of 🐑 from an overturned trailer.
Great teamwork from all involved
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Keys Hung Up, Radio and Phone Off...
...2 weeks of Leave has begun 🙌
Time to switch off, unwind and spend some quality family time before the final push to Xmas.
Taking some time away from 𝕏 so I'll see you all in the New Year 🎄🎇
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It's time for another Flexi-Duty Week and it's going to be a Warm One ☀️
Sun-Hat and Shades at the ready 😎
Let's see what the next 7 Days brings 🚒🔥📟
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Sat this evening reading the countless messages of support you've sent me over the years.
One of the kindest and supportive people that I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with.
Rest in Peace Brother...
...EM Out.
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Popped into
#burtonlatimer
station this evening to see the crew and while I was there, collect this...
...As of 1st July I'll be putting my Ops skills to use as I start back with the On Call Crew as a Crew Commander 🚒
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#oncall
#ops
#alerter
#neenaw
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Out and About today with
@NealjKing13
reviewing Strategic Holding Area Locations as part of our Major Incident Planning. Also an opportunity to get some additional driver training in the Joint Command Unit
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Mobilised this morning as part of a
#multiagency
response to a RTC Persons Trapped.
Great
#teamwork
by all involved utilising
@jesip999
principles by working together to save lives
🚓🚒🚑🚁
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I've spent the morning out and about with our Driver Training Dept, undertaking my familiarisation response drive ready for the roll-out of our new Officer Response Car Fleet.
Highly impressed with the car.
Can't wait to get my hands on some keys 🚗🔑😄
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Just attended an incident with crews from
#Corby
where discarded hot ashes from a BBQ had caused a 🔥
If your having a BBQ whilst enjoying the ☀️this
#BankHoliday
weekend, Please wait for ashes to cool fully down before disposing of them
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It's official... My last day on shift before starting my role as Watch Manager in the Incident Management Team 🚒
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#crewmanager
#watchmanager
#newchallenges
#newrole
#timeforachange
#nomorenights
#notjustfires
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Providing Officer Cover in Fire Control today, supporting our
#herosinheadsets
📞 during the current busy period 🚒🔥
#team999
#oneteam
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Week of
#FlexiDuty
complete ✅
10 x Incidents attended across the week including 7x RTCs 🚘💥🚙
Time for a couple of days off and some much needed family time 🤗
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⚠️🚨⚠️00:43
@northantsfire
National Deployment - Type B - Water Rescue Boat Team mobilised to assist other FRS colleagues within the Region
#bewateraware
#notjustfires
#oneteam
@FireResilience
#StormBabet
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Back at my former On-Call station
#BurtonLatimer
tonight to join them for their weekly Drill Night
Tonight's training; Basic Life Support ⛑️ and Knots & Lines 🪢
Great to see some familiar friendly faces as well as some new ones ☺️
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It's been a busy 24hrs. Recalled to duty twice to assist with the co-ordination of deploying
@northantsfire
assets outside of the county as part of
@FireResilience
arrangements.
Currently we have x1 Boat Team and X1 HVP crew deployed to assist with affects of
#StormBabet
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After a busy start to 2024 (33 Mobilisations so far) it's time for some family time 🤗
Looking forward to a much needed week of leave before I start my 3 week HMEPA (Hazardous Materials & Environmental Protection Advisor) initial course 👨💻👨🔬
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When the Friday Morning Dial-In clashes with your Water Rescue Training Session 😂
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It's my Fire Service Anniversary 🚒
14 years since my first day and still love every minute of it
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It's been a busy couple of days with this little bleeder going off multiple times each day/night 📟
That being said it's good to be back in the 🚒 and supporting
@BurtonFire
@northantsfire
#firefighter
#oncall
#alerter
#fireservice
#teamwork
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I've been a guest on Officer Command Group 3 this week. So far I've been involved with x16 incidents (mobilised or remote) including IC at last night's MP6 Aerials 1 🚒
Great work from all to stop 🔥 spread
A big thanks to Fire Control for doing their magic behind the scenes
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This genuinely made my day when I turned around to see this 🤣
***Please note this is not staged***
#firefighter
#firefighterfails
#alwayslearning
#backtobasics
#cantstoplaughing
#ladyandthetramp
#firehose
#whoops
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After 10days as an inpatient at
@RoyalPapworth
Mrs G is home 🤗
At last we are ready to enjoy our first Christmas as Parents 🎄🎁🎅
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I'm currently standing by at Rugby Fire Station along with crews from
@DesboroughFire
providing Fire Cover whilst crews from across
@WarksFireRescue
deal with a Large Scale Incident 🔥
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I'm not taking it personally... Honestly!
I've been meeting with crews at our x2 Tech Rescue stations this afternoon to talk all things Rescue 🚒
I've not made it through a single meeting without the bells dropping just as I begin... I'm starting to think it's planned 😂
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Brilliant day of joint exercising our High Volume Pump (HVP) capability with crews from
#Corby
alongside 4 other FRSs 🚒
A big thanks to
@LincsFireRescue
for hosting
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10 years ago today, we took my Dad out for what we thought could be his last ever meal.
14hrs in surgery, a visit to ITU and months of Radiotherapy means he's still here to tell the tale.
Happy 10yrs Dad. Here's to kicking cancer's butt 👊
#godblesstheNHS
💙
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Fantastic News today...
#trikafta
or
#kaftrio
as it is now known within Europe has been approved for License. Meaning the first step to Mrs G and thousands of other CFs getting their hands on the valuable life saving drug 🎉
@cftrust
@CFAware
#cysticfibrosis
#justbreathe
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Flexi-Duty Week complete. It's been a busy week for all of Officer Command Group 3.
Over the course of the week, I've attended x17 incidents in various roles and remotely supported x5
Time to turn the 📱off and relax 💤
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A busy start to the night...
...x2 incidents attended as well as a spot of training with
#EarlsBarton
as part of their On-Call Development night. Weekly Tests and Pumping Drills... even helped with the BA Set Wears 👨🚒
Let's see what the rest of the night brings... 🚒🔥
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Spent the Morning with crews from
#Corby
talking all things
@FireResilience
Corby Fire Station is
@northantsfire
only '2 Pump' Wholetime Station & hosts a number of assets 🚒
▪️Standard Fire Appliance
▪️Combined Aerial Rescue Pump
▪️High Volume Pumps
▪️Mass Decontamination Unit
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The busy week continues for
@northantsfire
🚒
Multiple incidents attended over the past 24hrs by Crews and Officers
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It's already been a busy
#FlexiDuty
week with 4 nights and 3 days still left to go.
So far I've attended x8 Incidents;
x3 🌾🔥
x1 Make Pumps 5 🔥
x1 🚗💥🚙
x2 Rescues/Releases
x1 🚛🔥
And provided remote support for x2 Incidents;
x1 🏠🔥
x1 🚛💥🛣️
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So... Today was this absolute Legends last working day for
@northantsfire
before he leaves and heads off to undertake a new adventure. Not gonna lie, I'm gonna miss this dude 😢
Good Luck
@MrTedds
(I give it 3 months before you're back) 😉
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After a great family weekend, I'm all set to head back into work tomorrow.
It'll be a day out of the office as I head across country in the
#JointCommandUnit
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Hazardous Materials Advisor and Radiation Protection Supervisor course now complete ⚠️☣️☢️
I got a certificate and everything 🤓
Now to switch off and relax before heading back into the office on Monday 🚒
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Literally pressed send on that last tweet and the 📱rang again. This time mobilised to a 🏠🔥 alongside 🚒 crews from
@20NFRS
& Rushden
8x 🦜 and 2x 🐢 rescued
1x Male led to safety
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After a busy few weeks, meaning long hours away from home, today has been a family day...
...Trip out to a local Country Park 🌳 and look what we found 🚒
Don't think Mini G was impressed by my pumping lecture though 🚒💧🤣
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Busy first day back at work...
...Booked On Duty at 08.30 this morning and 15mins later I was stood in a field at an Animal Rescue 🐑🚒
Never a dull day 🤣
#firefighter
#notjustfires
#animalrescue
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Just attended my first RTC of the morning
Luckily only minor injuries
After a few dry days and a night of heavy rain, the roads are slippery out there
Take care if you're heading out and about today ⚠️🚘🌧️
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Last Job of the Year attended this evening 🔥
It's been a busy old year with 161 mobilisations for S022 📟🚗
Now time to book off and spend some time with family.
Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄 See you all in 2023 🗓️🎆
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Well that's 7 days of Solo Parenting complete without incident... Hopefully Mrs G is home from hospital later this week 🤞
This boy is an absolute🌟
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Taking a break in my Annual Leave tomorrow to present a project I've been working on for the past 12 months to
@FireChiefNhants
and the
@northantsfire
Fire Executive Group (FEG)
Best Shirt Ironed and Pressed ready for the morning ✨
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Thanks to
@NFRSCTOA
for putting me through my paces this morning.
Pleased to say I passed my Incident Command Level 2 Revalidation 🚒
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