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Retained firefighter

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a retained firefighter, also known as an RDS firefighter or on-call firefighter, is a firefighter who does not work on a fire station full-time but is paid to spend long periods of time on call to respond to emergencies through the Retained Duty System. Many have full-time jobs outside the fire service. Retained…

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Emergency response

Training and competency

Other duties

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Retained firefighter

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples31
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Retained firefighter

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related to Training and competency · 13
Retained firefighter → Deputy Prime Minister, EMT, February, HAZMAT, However, In December, National Firefighter Training Syllabus, Office, On, On-call, Published, The, Whole-time
related to Emergency response · 7
Retained firefighter → British Isles, For, Generally, Historically, However, Often, Wholetime
related to Role within the community · 4
Retained firefighter → In, Some, This, UK
related to Other duties · 3
Retained firefighter → As, They, To

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parksinstance ofor other central locations0.80text
town halls.By the 1950sinstance ofor other central locations0.80text
many retained stations in the UKinstance ofor other central locations0.80text
Ireland began to use repurposed Wartime air raid sirens also mounted on the station roof or its training towerinstance ofor other central locations0.80text
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseWholetime0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseGenerally0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseHowever0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseFor0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseOften0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseHistorically0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Emergency responseBritish Isles0.60section
Retained firefighterrelated to Other dutiesAs0.60section

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