Talk:Retained firefighter

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Some of this article regarding retained firefighters has been removed without consultation.

Whilst some of the alterations have done much to enhance and better the overall article some sections were removed.

The "Life as as a Retained Firefighter" section has been removed. It was designed to serve as an insight to the life of a retained firefighter for those who wised to pursue a careeer in the retained service. It also was a good point of reference to those unaware or un-informed about the retained service - in other words it was attempting to raise the profile of the retained firefighter in a pro-active way .

There were other factual bits of trivia removed from this article regarding some of the common problems firefighters face when responding to station, coupled with some common sense advice on how the public could assist firefighter getting through traffic to respond to station. Again this was designed to heighten awareness amongst the public of some of the day to day problems facing a retained firefighter.

Please please out of courtesy discuss any alterations to this article with the author first before making large or sweeping changes. Whilst any constructive criticism or legitimate alterations are more than welcome it is in the spirit of wikipedia to inform the author first prior to changing their work dramatically. (A Lewis 21:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC))

There is no 'ownership' or 'authorship' on Wikipedia, anyone can edit articles - see WP:OWN which is policy. 132.185.240.122 12:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I personally think the author should be notified —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.149.128.140 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC).