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Dublin Airport Fire Service

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  • #602
    TTL2015
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭TTL2015


    Bitter pill to swallow when it goes on so long but can get back to normal now I know where I stand and book two weeks in the sun for August aswell😎. Best of luck to all. Hopefully you all hear something soon. Cheers lads


  • #603
    Kidasa
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Kidasa


    Did the mail coming from DAA or Symbio?


  • #604
    TTL2015
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭TTL2015


    Came from daa


  • #605
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    Another day has passed. This process has been draining right from the get go.


  • #606
    Fire1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭Fire1985


    two4two wrote: »
    Another day has passed. This process has been draining right from the get go.

    I know a few people who got rejected via email today lads. No mention of the panel for them either. Just pretty much a thank you for interest email.

    Surely the rest of us will know by Friday I'd say . Maybe get on the panel if we're lucky. It's so stressful waiting.


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  • #607
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    I read this thread about 3 hours ago and saw that emails have been sent out, so i have been refreshing my inbox like mad to find out if i am gone... Was walking through Dunnes with the missus and kid about half 4 and heard the phone ring, i nearly had a heart attack..... but it was the missus's phone :/

    I'm cracking up waiting... need a holiday after all this hahaha

    At least i know what to answer next time they ask me in an interview "so, tell us about a time when you found yourself in a stressful situation?" hahaha

    Best of luck to all that are left, i hope we hear something soon


  • #608
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    A new day of staring at my phone / checking my emails. This is the closest to insanity I have ever experienced


  • #609
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    So did anyone hear of any calls or emails today?


  • #610
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    two4two wrote: »
    So did anyone hear of any calls or emails today?

    Nothing on this end yet


  • #611
    Rob32
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭Rob32


    Hey guys got my PFO email wednesday afternoon. Tbh if ya havent gotten a rejection by now id say youre on the panel! Congrats to the guys on here who made it btw!


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  • #612
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    I would imagine if I don't get a call for medical today then that's me screwed. Weekend ruined if I hear nothing :(

    It's something to note tho I know of one or two lads who got through for medicals and are planning on jumping ship when DFB comes out (if they are fortunate to get on their panel). That's the bigger kick in the N*^s knowing people are getting it with no intention of staying put.


  • #613
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    two4two wrote: »
    I would imagine if I don't get a call for medical today then that's me screwed. Weekend ruined if I hear nothing :(

    It's something to note tho I know of one or two lads who got through for medicals and are planning on jumping ship when DFB comes out (if they are fortunate to get on their panel). That's the bigger kick in the N*^s knowing people are getting it with no intention of staying put.

    Yea i was expecting that to happen alright, i also know of one or two that got called for medical and might not even take the job now with the news of DFB because they don't want to loose their time served by breaking their service... so that might open up another job or two for us lads left hangin....?

    Best of luck 242, i know how you feel cos i am living it with you!!


  • #614
    Fire1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭Fire1985


    Lads they could still call any of us next week. I wouldn't be surprised if someone turned it down last minute


  • #615
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    Fire1985 wrote: »
    Lads they could still call any of us next week. I wouldn't be surprised if someone turned it down last minute

    Thats the best way to look at it... nothing is definite until the DAA tell you, so until then, keep positive... i know it's hard but never write yourself off :)


  • #616
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    yeah I have heard of at least 2 people who have withdrawn their application upon being notified of their medical so it's hard to know what the state of play is.

    Nearly there lads/ladies!


  • #617
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    my phone just rang..... nearly had a heart attack. On edge all day but was just the F*C(ING Bank


  • #618
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    Tell me about it, my brother rang me from a Dublin number the other day and i nearly blacked out haha

    I wonder will we be spending another weekend in limbo?


  • #619
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    I would imagine so at this stage.

    How did the medicals go for thoses on here who had theirs earlier in the week?


  • #620
    1028
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭1028


    Bombero wrote: »
    i also know of one or two that got called for medical and might not even take the job now with the news of DFB because they don't want to loose their time served by breaking their service... so that might open up another job or two for us lads left hangin....?

    Yeah Ive heard of people that will jump ship too.... It's ****e really cos they're putting people out of the job that are actually looking for a career in the aviation side of things.... It's actually a bit cheeky aswell cos there's no one to say that they'll definitely get the dfb jobs just cos they got so far in the airport process..... The Daa are aware that people will want to go to the dfb so there will be a curve ball added to terms and conditions to try and stop it so only the people that actually want the airport will get through.


  • #621
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    1028 wrote: »
    Yeah Ive heard of people that will jump ship too.... It's ****e really cos they're putting people out of the job that are actually looking for a career in the aviation side of things.... It's actually a bit cheeky aswell cos there's no one to say that they'll definitely get the dfb jobs just cos they got so far in the airport process..... The Daa are aware that people will want to go to the dfb so there will be a curve ball added to terms and conditions to try and stop it so only the people that actually want the airport will get through.


    Yeah that's it, I really wanted a career in aviation fire fighting and this is realistically my first and last chance to achieve this without working for the DAA in some other form which is not an option given my current area of employment. Fingers crossed for next week


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  • #622
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    Taking the complete piss at this stage.


  • #623
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    I have lost all hope. Perhaps anyone left is on the panel but that doesn't mean anything given the last panel wasn't used.

    Im trying to stay positive but realistically they should/would have to have notified the lucky 18 at this stage as I have been told they want to give a months notice for people to let their previous employers know etc which leaves us upto the end of this week. If they havn't notified the 18 at this stage then that is a jokeshop of a setup within DAA HR or there have been a few stumbling blocks with medicals.

    im done at this stage! gluck to the rest but I am moving on


  • #624
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    I'd say the starting 18 have been notified alright. But panel numbers should have been given out for transparency in the case of people not passing medicals.
    Was the last panel for airport firefighters not used up?


  • #625
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    the last panel was not used. they went from 10 recruits to 18. they have what they need now so the panel is only a backup incase they want to recruit more but it's unlikely


  • #626
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    The wait has been really hard, it have taken any hope or excitement out of it at this stage... what's horrible for us few left is that we have to wait so long only to be probably disappointed in the end.. I'd rather be put out of my misery early instead of having to put on a brave face when friends and family are constantly asking "any news yet?" and you have to try stay positive when you really know its probably over :(

    I am still hoping that a few will decide to pull out and wait for DFB, my phone has not been more than 2 feet from me for the past month


  • #627
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    two4two wrote: »
    the last panel was not used. they went from 10 recruits to 18. they have what they need now so the panel is only a backup incase they want to recruit more but it's unlikely

    I heard the panel will be used.


  • #628
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    Any details on this?


  • #629
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    Squirrelsnuts wrote: »
    I heard the panel will be used.


    ... as guinea pigs in an elaborate experiment exploring the length of time it takes a perfectly normal human to have a complete nervous breakdown!

    haha :)


  • #630
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    I am waiting for somebody to knock on the door and say "Surprise!" and that this was all just one big joke... feels like a joke :D


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  • #631
    Bombero
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭Bombero


    Yep, im starting to think i didn't actually apply, i just came across this thread and imagined the rest :)


  • #632
    1028
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭1028


    Squirrelsnuts wrote: »
    I heard the panel will be used.

    The last panel will not be used for this process, I knwo guys that were on it the lay time and had to go through the whole process again. There is a good chance of whoever makes the panel this time will be taken on in the near future because the airport is constantly growing so if it hits 25m passengers per year with the addition of a new runway, a second fire station has to be built in order to achieve response times


  • #633
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    1028 wrote: »
    The last panel will not be used for this process, I knwo guys that were on it the lay time and had to go through the whole process again. There is a good chance of whoever makes the panel this time will be taken on in the near future because the airport is constantly growing so if it hits 25m passengers per year with the addition of a new runway, a second fire station has to be built in order to achieve response times


    I was told by an officer up there that the new sub station won't affect manning levels but rather resources will be assigned there so say 1 major with a crew operate out of there each shift rather than all in the one station. I stand to be corrected but this is what I was told


  • #634
    Fire1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭Fire1985


    My interview was a month ago and no contact. Unbelievable


  • #635
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    Have you made contact with HR for an update Fire1985 ? They are really nice people so perhaps they would happily update you on the progress?


  • #636
    Fire1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭Fire1985


    two4two wrote: »
    Have you made contact with HR for an update Fire1985 ? They are really nice people so perhaps they would happily update you on the progress?

    I did last week and they said I'd hear by end of this week.


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  • #637
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    I look forward to the end of the week so this hell hole of a situation will officially be over


  • #638
    gsxrballer
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gsxrballer


    two4two wrote: »
    I look forward to the end of the week so this hell hole of a situation will officially be over

    Why will it be over by the end of the week?? I doubt that very much


  • #639
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    gsxrballer wrote: »
    Why will it be over by the end of the week?? I doubt that very much


    They want to give people 1 months notice to their current employers is what somebody in DAA told me and the poster above confirmed this with DAA HR during the week. Who knows tho. Are you in the mix or have you had your medical gsxrballer?


  • #640
    gsxrballer
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gsxrballer


    two4two wrote: »
    They want to give people 1 months notice to their current employers is what somebody in DAA told me and the poster above confirmed this with DAA HR during the week. Who knows tho. Are you in the mix or have you had your medical gsxrballer?

    I have my medical this week and got the call for it late last week....so its going to take a week or two to get back to people about these medicals I assume....and I am nearly sure I heard the start date was a provisional date and subject to slight change .....


  • #641
    Fire1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭Fire1985


    gsxrballer wrote: »
    I have my medical this week and got the call for it late last week....so its going to take a week or two to get back to people about these medicals I assume....and I am nearly sure I heard the start date was a provisional date and subject to slight change .....

    Ye she told me in interview that 4th August start but could change if there was any hold ups.


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  • #642
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    gsxrballer wrote: »
    I have my medical this week and got the call for it late last week....so its going to take a week or two to get back to people about these medicals I assume....and I am nearly sure I heard the start date was a provisional date and subject to slight change .....

    Did they tell you a panel number by any chance?


  • #643
    gsxrballer
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gsxrballer


    Squirrelsnuts wrote: »
    Did they tell you a panel number by any chance?

    No never any mention of a panel.....hard to know what's happening


  • #644
    gtodaizza
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭gtodaizza


    gsxrballer wrote: »
    No never any mention of a panel.....hard to know what's happening

    I have been told that if you do a Medical and pass it you will be offered and untill there quota for the jobs have been filled with everyone passing the Medical and accepting the job offers it will only be then they will announce if you have made it to the panel however if people don't accept job or fail medical keep ur phone on standby just incase so I'm told


  • #645
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    They did things backwards. DFB create a panel and everyone is notified of same then when they need a class to start they call up x amount to medicals and you eat up the panel until you achieve the set number for that class. This way everyone knows where they stand and it is clear from day 1 of the panel being released where you are in regards to the last panel number called.

    The way the airport did it was slightly skewed in that nobody knows where they stand except those who got called. Along with this the people left stranded don't know where they stand on the panel and are in limbo.

    I have my job looking to send me away in 2 weeks abroad on business and I don't know what to say to them as I don't have a clue where I stand and if I say no then I need a good excuse and if I say yes I will be out of the country fro 28 days.

    Disaster all round


  • #646
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    is why twofortwo


  • #647
    fire1916
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭fire1916


    Ok guys here is where I stand, as far as I am aware some people have been called for medicals but nobody has been offered a job - as for the Chiefs son, perhaps he has got through- is there any reason why he should not have been as deserving as anyone else to go for a job?

    If he has got through I hope he does not read the above comment, it would make me feel like s h I t e if I was him and read it!


  • #648
    two4two
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭two4two


    my last message was in jest.

    I couldn't care if he got it or not.


  • #649
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    I wasn't talking about any individuals. I was saying Why not just give out panel numbers??


  • #650
    fire1916
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭fire1916


    Squirrelsnuts wrote: »
    When I said nepotism I wasn't talking about any individuals. I was saying that the complete lack of transparency points to nepotism. Why not just give out panel numbers??

    The message that was posted after that has been deleted!


  • #651
    Squirrelsnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭Squirrelsnuts


    fire1916 wrote: »
    The message that was posted after that has been deleted!

    Oh right. That's the first I heard the chiefs son was going for the job and if he's following in his fathers footsteps I don't think anyone can begrudge him. There's been generations of firefighters as long as there's been forefoghting. Same as gardai, electricians or any profession so best of luck to him.


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