Uniform Survey

[892nas]

Heard today Tyne and Wear are going gray and that's not just coz we are all getting old.
Clerks meeting so it must be true.

[Sophie]

About 4 watches in T&W trialling it + a couple of Departments/individuals.

[redfield]

I think I might look good in that black and white skirt. Are the buoyancy aids in the front of her shirt ?

He's thinking "I look at t**t in this. What are the lads going to think when they see this? The money's no good either! And it's too tight around my bo*****s as well. Need more ball room"

[jake]

When is this supposed to be happening?

[Tummy2]

My actions are on the fireground, theres were i like to be measured, the fire service is not what it once was, thats over, the new FRS employs differing people to differing roles, the one common denominator is that we are all employed by the fire service, in fact some would say the civvies now take more pride in it.

The uniform denoted a firefighter not an employee of the fire service, now you can't tell who is a secretary, mechanic or a firefighter.

[geordie]

Civvies take more pride in it simply because they are pretending to be something they are not!

I know FFs in my brigade, who now see the uniform of a FF as being devalued. Some even try wearing medal ribbons to show the difference, but with civvies even being awarded medals these days evn that is not enough.

[geordie]

Jake

As far as I am aware the project to find a national uniform is all but complete. However this does not mean that your Brigade has to sign up to it.
Individual FRS will be looking at the proposed new uniform styles and making a choice. Again as I understand it you can choice to sign up to the whole thing or just one part of it I.E. Working Rig or fire kit.

I have to say based on what I have seen so far im not impressed, there are many Brigades around the country who already have better uniforms than the ones being peddled here.

[hcfc]

as others have said, i remember doing my bit and filling the survey in

at the time i'm sure there was a "running total of votes" which was clearly up for a dark blue (black?) shirt and some sort of undress uniform for funerals etc

how it ever became grey i'll never know !