We start the morning shifts doing all of our daily checks of the vehicles, equipment and rescue boats checking they’re serviceable, getting everything ready for when the airport opens at 6.30am. So, it’s a matter of turning up and making a dynamic risk assessment of what we’re going to do. You might have 5-10 minutes to drive to an incident which gives you time to think, but here every incident is on your doorstep. In a local authority fire service if you get a call there’s a travel distance. I began my career as an operational Fire Officer for Kent Fire and Rescue service and have been with the airport for 18 years, working my way up the ranks. It was still viable that the bomb could have exploded if it had been left in the docks but thankfully the bomb disposal unit took it out to Shoeburyness and blew it up in the Thames estuary. Fortunately, it was during the 24-hour period of closure from Saturday to Sunday afternoon and in that time we managed to discover it and remove it. It was a matter of getting together with all the stakeholders and the bomb disposal team to see what impact this could potentially have on the airfield. I was notified because I was on duty as the Fire Officer. We were going through the expansion project and had divers in the docks carrying out a survey when they found the bomb in the water. “In 2018 I was on duty when they discovered a WW2 bomb in the docks. Plane spotting is a popular pastime along the docks but what’s the view like from the other side, and more importantly, what’s going on there? Paul has been part of the airport’s Fire and Safety team for 18 years, who are on call for incidents that could involve anything from a bomb discovery to a capsized boat.
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