Out with the old, in with the new!!

Written by Community Safety Advisor - Chris Toon 

With just over a year gone since we started this blog for the Fire Service apprentices, our story has changed dramatically.

Many of the individuals you have read about previously came from different backgrounds, had different experiences and different goals for themselves. The one thing we all had in common was a passion for the job with GMFRS and the willingness to get out and spread the safety messages we were taught to deliver.

All of the apprentices you have read about have now either gained full time employment within the organisation or moved on to other great opportunities.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service led the way for other Fire and Rescue services to follow by providing a chance for 12 young people to join this organisation and to learn the prospective roles they wanted to gain employment in.

Throughout our time here, we have not only done this across all boroughs in Greater Manchester, we have also gained a level 2 NVQ qualification along the way.

GMFRS have now worked with Skills for Justice to produce a nationally recognised qualification for the next lot of apprentices who have just started with us within the last month.

We will now not only have our Apprentice Community Safety Advisors, we will also have Business Safety Advisors assisting our Protection teams to keep the public safer outside of their homes in the public domain as well.

One of our new apprentices will shortly be taking over the blog in order to keep you all updated regularly with the latest stories and experiences as they start their GMFRS journey.