I've been thinking about maybe applying for the retained fire service over here for the last few months, and just want to know the ins and outs of it.

I'm basically bored on my days off (I do 4 on 4 off nights/days) and need something to occupy my mind.

I know that your always on call but do you have to go to ALL the shouts you get?

If anyone can give me information on this it would be much appreciated.

The Fire Service is something I always considered as a career years ago and I guess this would be a good balance of 2 things I like doing...