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About East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
We do more than just respond to emergencies. We also work to prevent emergencies from happening in the first place, and protect people and property. By doing these things, we aim to make communities in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove safer.
Whether responding to emergencies, working to prevent them happening in the first place or providing support, our firefighters, officers, control room operators, Business and Community safety teams, support staff and volunteers all play their part.
You can find out more about our recruitment opportunities on our website www.esfrs.org/careers
We also offer Home Safety Visits to residents of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. Home Safety Visits | East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (esfrs.org)
Our commitment to the Armed Forces Community
Our promise
We recognise the contribution that Service personnel, reservists, veterans, the cadet movement and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant by:
- Promoting the Armed Forces: we will signpost the Armed Services through our website
- Employment support to members of the Armed Forces Community: our recruitment process is open to all. We welcome applications people with an Armed Forces background or who are Reservists. Many skills learnt in Service to the Country are transferrable to the Fire and Rescue Service.
- Health: we support staff and volunteers through our Occupational Health partners and offer subsidised membership of Benenden Health.
- Housing: we offer free Home Safety Visits to everybody and prioritise people who are vulnerable
- Education: ESFRS offers a wide range of training programmes to support staff and volunteers.
- Civic responsibilities: we demonstrate our support for the Armed Services through our attendance at events and wards presentations as well as supporting our local Armed Forces network
- We welcome applications form young people from Armed Forces families to join Fire Cadets
What we offer:
We promote that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation
We promote that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, to our staff, customers, suppliers, contractors and wider public.
We support the employment of veterans
We support the employment of veterans and recognise military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process
We offer flexible leave for military spouses
We offer flexible leave for military spouses.
We support our employees who are members of the Reserve Forces
We support our employees who are members of the Reserve Forces and actively encouraging members of staff to become Reservists’s
We support Armed Forces Day
We support Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities.
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