Yay finally an official member now doing one of the things i'm getting proud of sorting out a uniform !!!!
even though the high visibility section is too damn confusing lol
no more searching in my 13 year olds brothers room for something that looks like a shirt lol. When its really a sports top with a collar lol.
By uniform, do you mean - No 1's / Black & Whites / Greens?
Visibility can be also be deciphered - Lightweight - Bomber - Special (AKA reversible, extra long etc...)
Did you get a new set or old? Quality & material depend on both. I wear the old heavier but sown greens in contrast to those who wear the lighter, more plastic looking kits. If it's the greens - the flappy bit in the middle is the modesty flap which you can either button on or tuck behind.
Yay welcome to the SJA family. I'm only a cadet at the moment but that changes in 20 das to a leader, and in 4 year I hope to be a officer.
Can I ask what part of St John you will be working for?
It's easier to run; Replacing this pain with something numb;It's so much easier to go;Than face all this pain here all alone;
Some people say courage is diving infront of a bullet, or bungy jumping off a bridge, but thats not true courage, true courage is facing everyday knowing that it won't be a happy go lucky day, but facing it anyway. It's facing your past, dealing with the present, and looking forward to brighter days.
Belt?
We did have the old three stripe belts but I thought the regs were changed?
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The uniform costs over £100 doesn't it? O_O
Doesn't your division recycle old kit? All of my kit I currently wear has been worn by someone else in the past. Plus £100? It's barely £6 for a shirt.
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and in 4 year I hope to be a officer.
Officer promotion isn't the aim of SJA. Although training is a big aim, surely the best part of SJA is getting out and about for free and putting practice into action. Also becoming a DO might be harder than you think, with interview based on both training, social and practical elements. Not trying to scare you away but that is what will happen.
I won't even begin to talk about county staff and politics between the people on the ground and the people in the offices. Because I'll just explode.
Officer promotion isn't the aim of SJA. Although training is a big aim, surely the best part of SJA is getting out and about for free and putting practice into action. Also becoming a DO might be harder than you think, with interview based on both training, social and practical elements. Not trying to scare you away but that is what will happen.
I won't even begin to talk about county staff and politics between the people on the ground and the people in the offices. Because I'll just explode.
Ah I think we have a slight misunderstanding here, By officer I meant a Ambulance Officer or as some people would call it a Paramedic. We call them both over here.
It's easier to run; Replacing this pain with something numb;It's so much easier to go;Than face all this pain here all alone;
Some people say courage is diving infront of a bullet, or bungy jumping off a bridge, but thats not true courage, true courage is facing everyday knowing that it won't be a happy go lucky day, but facing it anyway. It's facing your past, dealing with the present, and looking forward to brighter days.
I'm a St John member also but I have a differant uniform. Just a purple polo shirt, because I'm in the homeless outreach unit.
I do public events like the 'regulars' though as I've the training. I just wear polo shirt instead. and it costs nowt!
YAY for St John Ambulance!
I want to kiss the bottom of the ocean before I burst through its surface into the sunlight, otherwise I will always be wondering about what was left unseen at the bottom
i'm tired of chasing my dreams. i'm just gonna ask where they're going, and hook up with them later.
Ah I think we have a slight misunderstanding here, By officer I meant a Ambulance Officer or as some people would call it a Paramedic. We call them both over here.
Ah I see so from an FA upto ETA. I get you. 4 years though? It's 1 year from FA to AFA so 4 years still is a bit of a stretch. Plus it's very helpful being able to drive the ambos too. It's quite common to have too many ETA's and not enough Driver's
" my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never, never leave you during your times of trials and suffering. When you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you" you were carried out of are lifes into the next and when its my time to leave this life I know i will be carried into the next life with you.
I wish i had my world complete again.
'Can we protend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now' BoB
I can just about manage PRFs! Just.
Last shift I did was sheer bordem! 6 hours of standing there and not a single plaster, which is good for no injuries but damn the whole event was boring!
Fat Boy Slim beach Boutique was fab though. Best (and busiest) I've done so far.
I want to kiss the bottom of the ocean before I burst through its surface into the sunlight, otherwise I will always be wondering about what was left unseen at the bottom
i'm tired of chasing my dreams. i'm just gonna ask where they're going, and hook up with them later.
