Coggeshall is a Retained Fire Station. All firefighters have other jobs and are called out by an alterter.
Some of the firefighters are available for call out all the time. Others are available during the day, some at night and
the remainder are shift workers who are available when not at their full time employment.
All firefighters are paid a retaining fee (hence Retained Firefighter). In addition we are paid for training and every time
we are called out.
Of the 51 fire stations in Essex 18 are manned by wholetime firefighters and 33 by retained personnel. About 60% of fire
stations in the UK are manned by Retained Firefighters.
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