Fire Brigade

Headquarters of the Fire Brigade

In addition to their full workday, they also served in the municipal authority's fire department, which required them to be physically present in the fire station to wait for emergencies.

NATO support to Kabul International Airport operations continues with Afghan firefighters completing training and currently on duty.

The authors, who held various jobs, received special monthly bonuses for their service with the fire department.

UNOCI received equipment (vehicles, prefabricated buildings, communications equipment, medical equipment), personnel (contingent owned equipment inspectors, fire marshals, procurement officers, security officers) and air support.

That court ruled that time spent in the fire station while on call could not be considered to constitute actual working time, and thus was not payable as overtime, particularly when no hours of actual work had been proved.

They insist it can be deduced from the employment tribunal's decision that the more than 1,000 hours each of them had spent on call at the fire station had not been counted, and that only those hours during which they were out fighting fires or conducting rescue operations had been.

The decisions cited establish that the authors were not entitled to any remuneration for hours spent on call at the fire station, during which time the situation could change from one of utter tranquillity to one of imminent danger and they could not enjoy family life or take part in any leisure activities.