Three firemen retire after clocking up more than 90 years' service between them

“What sour remarks about retired Firemen! They do a very important job,save lives ,work shifts AND contribute greatly to society unlike the many benefit bloodsuckers and wasters.Do you ever think what fire dust and ashes have done to their lungs? The Firemen in Portsmouth who refused to go into shallow water to rescue an epileptic young man had nothing to do with these three fine men .Speech24 what has that got to do with them? Because some Firemen on the other side of the country failed to do their job! I cannot see your logic!”

“Retiring after 90 years, 30 years each??? and its hardly a difficult job nowadays, cant do this, cant do that, have you a coshh sheet????, no, well we wont do anything. How about an article about private sector workers working till 70 and still only getting a pathetic pension. Oh and dont mention the 2nd jobs, these jobs are normally cash in hand hence robbing the tax man (who then provides their pension etc) but they also take employment from other people who have only one source of income (builders, plumbers, gardeners etc).

And the comment about rescue from water, tell that to the family of the Portsmouth pensioner who drowned in a 2ft deep boating lake because 'firefighters' refused to enter the water.”

“Somebody please buy Myles_Long a Fireman Sam t-shirt to shut him up ( size extra small to match his IQ) . . .”

“Possibly McLuvin its because its firefighters/the fire service that sends the press releases in. Local media can only go with the stories they get........”

“Myles, do you really want fire engines searching for fires at 3mpg? You can't have it both ways, do you have "one", job...? Are you capable of working hard enough to manage two jobs...? Or are you too busy claiming benefits and posting on forums....? You call the fire service, they attend, quickly, unlike others, as for resting at night do you want tired firefighters turning out, driving heavy large vehicles, and carrying out rescues...? Or would you rather they be tired/exhausted, and not quite reach you......? As for cruising for girls, try looking at the crews these days, it's not unusual to see one or two girls as part of the crew, you sound like a bitter rejected wannabe, perhaps some of the female firefighters could educate you with regard to your ignorance re the fire service, providing they can find the time between, training, firefighting, rescues from car crashes, rescues from water, attending chemical incidents, providing training and support for the community, working on weekends, birthdays, Christmas, new year and other bank holidays, while your sat at home, posting ignorant tosh on various forums no doubt.....! Think Smitsus hit the nail on the head.....! Not everyone has the strength, the education, fitness and commitment to give thirty years service eh.....?”

“Myles_Long.... You sound very bitter, did you want to be a fireman.lol”

“Because the Firemen are the good guys, always there when you need them.
Also the difference between Firemen and those other jobs mentioned are the amount of work done. Nurses, Police, Lorry Drivers and binmen are all hard at work in the early hours of a cold winters morning, which is the time firemen are tucked up in bed having a cozy sleep, unless they are unlucky enough to get a call.
Hence why most of them can have second jobs whilst still being Firemen....and then use that job to top up their gold plated pensions when they retire. I cant think of ANY other job where you get to sleep on nights when at work OR when you can freely have another job as you don't work hard enough when at work.
And don't even get me going on the fact most Friday and Saturday nights they will go for a "cruise" around town centers eyeing up girls...you never see them out any other night of the week proactively searching for fires yet at the weekend they take their huge vehicles which does about 3mpg round a busy town center to show off...”

“Why do the GT always print a story on firefighters retiring?? Never a story on any other personnel retiring from other work groups. Nursing / police/ binmen / lorry drivers, etc etc”