SA Firefighter

Well done congratulations!!!!! Nothin 4 me yet. Did it come by courier??

Yeah, ring of the doorbell and spookily no one there when answered ..... Just the envelope lying on the floor in front of the door.

Sorry been away from the computer, still no word, no letter.  Been contacted by recruitment this week as they're chasing a reference up from the UK.  Given it a helpful push and hope SAMFS will have a copy sometime tomorrow.  Looks like it wont be this week but heading out for a celebratory meal tomorrow night just to toast on getting this far.

Do you think they would contact the reserves referees or only the top 18? Tammey.. how many on that list do you think had question marks next to them?

There was one maybe two but i don't know what this means, whether someone didnt make the PAT2 or someone just couldnt make the uniform fit that day or it could mean the store didnt have their size??  Sorry i can't be more help.

SORRY SORRY!

Its me I'm back, my computer was down and I've been dying from a chest infection.  First let me give you the good news.....Thor you're not alone!  I passed my Pat 2 and the medical.  Just waiting for the official letter now.

I was worried about the Pat2 as the chest infection was leaving me with the energy levels and speed of a snail!  The doc gave me some pretty extreme medication to try and keep my lungs clear and i still have no idea how i managed to pass!  During the tower climb i felt i had nothing left but i was determined not to give up, i hadn't come all this way and put in all this work to let a chest infection beat me.  My previous experience got me thorough as the majority of the tests I had already done.  It was annoying though as I knew on any other day I wouldn't have had a problem with it.
The respiratory test was interesting as i had to keep repeating certain parts as my coughing kept throwing the results out.
At least now I've got time to get over it before the course!

When i was being fitted for the uniform i had a look at the sheet with the names on it, just to see if any other females had made it through.  I noticed one or two names had question marks by them, don't know if this means anything, whether this means they failed or not?
Sorry to hear about those that didn't make it this intake, good luck for next time.  Fingers crossed for all those that got the 'Keep Fit' letters.

I'm fairly convinced that it's only the 20 (18 + 2 reserves) who are earmarked for the first training course who are being invited to the PAT 2 and uniform fitting. My understanding is that it is a pass or fail and you are not in direct competition with everyone else. My information is that when they are ready to run the next course they will PAT2 test the next 20.
It would seem silly at this stage to uniform fit those that have not been allocated a place on the course. This is only my opinion but it is based on information received which I have no reason to disbelieve. As always though I stand to be corrected.  

Thanks Ferret I will probably have to make a call to clarify for certain.  When i joined the fire brigade in the UK around 7-8 years ago we did a step test as part of the recruitment. The letter said 'The examination will take approximately 30 mins' and I assumed it wouldnt take 30mins to blow into a tube! What did you have to do when you joined?

In the letter it states theres a 'Respiratory Test' and they've allocated 30mins for it, just from experience is sounds like a step test- theres a box you have to step up on in time with beeps on a tape, you wear a heart rate monitor, the beeps get closer together as the levels increase. They record your heart rate at each level.  I'm not 100% sure if this is the test but this is what it sounds like.  Please no one hold me to this it's just an educated guess really.  If it was just a spirometry test (thats the one you blow into a tube and they measure your lung capacity) they wouldnt need 30mins.

BT085 - yes it was my first attempt, however, prior to leaving the UK 14 months ago i was a full time operational firefighter and had been for 6 1/2 years.  I'm 31.  Don't throw in the towel yet, my opinion is the emails today are only referring to those that have been allocated a place on the 1st training course.

Ok guys they're out, after a quick look followed by two laps of the living room, i've calmed down enough to post the news.  Any news for anyone else???

Hi guys,
Just spoken to Mara at HR as I needed to find out what was going on so I could work out work commitments. She said the 'Yes' e-mails were coming out today but didn't specify whether they were already out or still to come. Panicking a bit now but I guess we'll have our answer by end of play today. No news really won't be good news!

Good luck everyone.

Tammy- I also had mine on thursday 115pm and considering my last name starts with a T and I know a couple of guys who before me, I assume the last day of testing was friday. Early july they said we would get notified by email. I also thought I went "ok" however, the hour was really a blur of information that I "spat" out at them.. I gave heaps of examples and would have shown I know a lot, whether I answered the questions or not....?? It was very easy to ramble on- do u agree tammy and did u use the whole hour?  It was more like a speech I felt, but who knows what they are looking for! Good luck to all, let me know if you hear anything.
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I can't believe how much i rambled on, when they asked was there anything more i would like to add I looked at the clock and realised i only had 9 mins left of the hour so I thought better call it a day.  I too felt like i gave lots of examples and answers and they spent all their time looking down and writing, i found it a bit daunting that they didnt really say anything through the whole hour.  Nothing i can do now but wait, good luck mate.

Thanks again Ferret!

Scottie,

The questions are similar but they get harder the further you get into the test.  The language ones and the maths one start pretty simple and then progressively get more difficult.   If you've done the study though you shouldn't have a problem.

Good luck.

Thanks guys for the info, head about to explode! Off to put the kettle on, clock counting down.  Fingers crossed for tomorrow.