Our ears pricked up this morning when another cat in the WYFRS estate spilled the beans on what was happening on her patch.
The picture she sent gave us a bit of a hint.
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| Leeds Station Cat It seems that firefighters based at Leeds Station on Kirkstall Road are being paid to paint the interior of the station (whilst on duty!) Obviously we hope this is being paid legitimately via the payroll system, although we are not sure how? Overtime maybe ? This raises many issues, including that of equality. Do all fire fighters at all stations get the opportunity to tart up their stations ? Was a proper procurement exercise undertaken? Health and Safety also springs to mind, although FCCL arent too worried about their ability to use ladders. BUT and its quite a BIG BUT (yes i can imagine all the snide comments thank you very much) WHY AREN'T THEY ENGAGED IN OPERATIONAL DUTIES? You know the run of the mill stuff like Home Fire Safety Checks, SCRI's, The risk banding for Leeds in 2012 is VERY HIGH the projected risk band for 2013 is also VERY HIGH. Is this because instead of doing their proper jobs, staff there are wielding paintbrushes? Leeds areas for performance improvement are Road Traffic Collisions Malicious False Alarms Actual Rescues As the same document we obtained these figures from states that Leeds FS will be utilising staff and resources from Moortown and Cookridge to enable them to achieve their targets, we don't understand why qualified fire fighters are being allowed (and indeed paid ) to decorate a fire station! We wonder if the councillors on the Fire Authority know and condone this practice? For information the Leeds District Risk Reduction Plan is available HERE |
6 comments:
This is total rubbish!!!! Do you really think the fire service would do this??? they have a care of duty and they do actually care for there employers...To me this is posted by you just to stir trouble, not a good idea in these times or any other time come to that!!!!
Gino,
Get yourself down to your local adult learning centre and enrol on an "English for beginners" course Your command of the English language in its written form is way below that of an average ten year old. The term you are after is "duty of care". Take note that "there" (meaning "put that cup over there") and their (meaning "their cup is empty")are used in entirely different ways and have entirely different meanings. (Something you will learn on your course) Now run along and come back when you have been educated. Then we may take what you say as being something near to that coming from someone worth listening to!!
Gino,
Employer = Someone who employs another
Employee = Someone who works for their employer.
Simples
Love from
Sowerby Bridge station cat
well after thinking about it for a while (and we have had hints of these before. I think Leeds FS may have achieved its quotas incertain areas. We first spoke of this on Nov 18th 2012 in our post "Oh what a tangled web we weave"
http://www.firecutscostlives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/oh-what-tangled-web.html
FCCL's other concern mentioned above is that of "duty of care"- we agree wholeheartedly that is extremely important. So yet again we would like to raise the issue of second pump attendance times. An average of 9secs increase? We don't think so Mr Beckley!
Yet again we are still waiting for any kind of proof. Often promised but never delivered.
you could always ask yourself ;-)
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