Becks Bryant-Thomas
@becks_bryant
Followers
1,449
Following
666
Media
382
Statuses
1,057
#Firefighter of 18yrs, #DIYGirl . #fight4whatsRight #HateBullies , Views mine not of my organisation. #PTSD & #SkinCancer Awareness #Pseudomonasaeruginosaawareness
Hampshire
Joined March 2013
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Pinned Tweet
Today we visited a 97yr old lady who lived alone with No Working
#SmokeAlarms
. Whilst chatting I learnt she had no family /friends 2help her.We fitted detectors,re organised extension leads 4her safety,fixed her door, & connected her DVD player that had been in a box for a yr!😊
64
98
1K
Dreading work tomo, due to days off I’ve been in once since My locker broken into&
#Homophobic
words graffitied inside. I shed a few tears that shift as the words were still there. went home feeling v lonely. 1 txt in 5 days 2say locker has a new padlock. No ‘how r u?’
#gutted
🏳️🌈
406
41
989
It’s come to my attention (in the worst way) that a sick cowardly individual doesn’t like gay people in the job. My response is simple … it is not Homosexuals that don’t have a place in the fire Service… It is HOMOPHOBICS that don’t belong here!!!
#coward
#LetMeBeMe
#LGBT
🏳️🌈🧑🏼🚒
47
30
731
Our hard working
#Ambulance
colleagues had a well earned 30 minute break this morning, so we Cleaned their very dirty vehicles for them, they were very grateful as they don’t get the time.
#999family
#HelpingOurBrothersandSisters
#Redwatch
@Redbridge53
@ES_Humour
👍🏼🚒🚑👍🏼
22
25
622
Sooooo this Happened on Friday!!!! Our Happy ever after 👰🏻♀️👰🏼♀️ ♥️
#BestDayEver
#Wedding
#married
🌈
77
7
554
With reference to the
#homophobic
graffiti on my locker at work, I am asking, pleading to anyone with any info on it to please do the right thing, make it anonymous if u like, but please help me move on from this, I may act tough but it’s affected me more than you know. 🙏🏼♥️
87
38
456
Update on
#homophobic
attack at work. …
#goodnews
police forensics have come back with Prints/DNA (aside from mine) from the items inside my locker. Unfortunately these can’t be matched to anyone yet but will stay on the system so any suspects can be tested against it. 🙏🏼 🤞🏼🏳️🌈
25
7
409
To the young girls and the whole younger generation out there… forget
#LoveIsland
forget
#TOWIE
and all that fake reality TV rubbish… These ladies are your
#RoleModels
! Take a bow
#Lionesses
#Proud
#Euro22
#winners
These Women brought it home!! ⚽️🏴
10
62
410
Making a chilli for dinner tonight, I’m going box half of it up to take to my neighbour as he recently lost his wife unexpectedly she was the cook in their Marriage and I don’t think he’s eating much.
#homecooking
#helpinghand
#FirefighterDayOff
20
4
287
Y’day was a long day, but I’ve been heard & the support I need (communication) is so in place. A learning curve for all. The abusive graffiti has been sorted by My awesome watch. The coward responsible is being hunted by Fire & Police
#homophobia
will never win.
#spreadLoveNotHate
24
6
276
After a difficult and testing time this last couple weeks, I made it to the Watch Christmas Party with my Gorgeous Fiancée on my arm. Super time with my buddies and all the WAGs.
#Redwatch
#ChristmasWorkParty
#workfamily
#LGBT
#loveIsLove
24
3
229
1/2 Hi all I firstly want 2 Thank the many 100s who have sent kind comments &DMs. This has helped in a v dark time. Im sorry if I’ve not replied to everyone. Im over whelmed with the support I have received due to posing my experience on here. Hopefully we have raised awareness.
6
4
197
Speaking Out about the
#homophobic
attack on me at work last yr has ruffled a few feathers, but it was the only way to be heard! I hope I’ve made the culprit think twice before acting again. And mostly I hope I’ve helped support others who couldn’t find a voice.
#BeatBullies
🏳️🌈💪🏼
14
2
196
Merry Christmas from Red Watch on duty today. We (and the other 3) are here if you need us but Please stay safe and be careful on those roads.
#firesafety
#RoadSafety
#MerryChristmas2022
8
5
177
2 More
#Skincancer
(BCCs) growths removed today ,19 stitches under there! Very sore and swollen. The consultant states the likely cause of all my patches (5 and counting) is Arsenic , Which is found in
#firecontaminants
, Decon is so important! 👩🏼🚒⚠️🔥
20
27
170
So last night I experienced the other side of an
#RTC
I crashed &rolled my car, knock myself out &landed on its roof after work! Cut out by familiar faces
@Hightown56
whisked off to A&E by
@SCAS999
well done & thanks to all.
#fewcuts
#manybruises
#illbefine
#streetcredgone
35
9
164
14 years ago tonight, in this hour, came the Fire call that changed my life (and so many others) 1st pump in attendance to a fire & soon a scene I’ve never been able to describe with words, because the words don’t exist. A sick feeling that’s never left my side. RIP Brothers. 🖤
9
2
153
Just preparing for the footy .. i love the strap line ‘
#notwomensfootball
Women play football’ ! It’s great I can relate to it a lot. A delicate subject just for some … but for me I’m NOT a
#femalefighter
Females Are Firefighters!! I am a Firefighter 👩🏼🚒
7
8
142
In to the last week of my 30’s!!! … still dressing in my 20’s!!! 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ 😁 Smashing every rule for a 40 year old ! 😁
#big40
is coming!!
#FortyYearOldFirefighter
😁
8
1
138
Very proud to say that by buying Charity Pins from
@firefighters999
for wedding favours at our wedding breakfast and having an option for donations to the charity as a wedding present, we have successfully raised at least £400 for The Fire Fighters Charity from or wedding. ♥️👩🏼🚒
8
1
134
Today I met a lovely 97yr old lady who lives alone. She has 👁 & 👂issues & had a ‘beeping alarm’ I discovered it was a phone battery that had come off it’s charger. To save her embarrassment I told her the problem was fixed. Then helped with some things around the flat.👩🏼🚒👵🏻❤️😊
6
0
100
What a breath of fresh air!!!! Just had a very honest open and supportive chat with a guy at Occ Health!! Someone finally listened, understood, agreed and supported me!! Back to work Friday 😁
#HappyFirefighter
5
2
96
What a Dayshift ,
#PT
#Training
5 shouts including
#Bonfire
out of control, Assist ambulance,
#grassfire
We also got lots of hydrants tested, to make sure they work when we need them. Painting the cover yellow but we don’t want overspray so this is my secret
#BeckseysBox
😁
8
1
90
I’ve just lost a beautiful friend to suicide... she was strong, kind, feisty and courageous. Please tell someone if you’re struggling, it saved my life, I wish it had saved hers. 💔
#suicide
#mentalhealth
12
10
86
Last Nights
#NightShift
we were first in attendance at around 1830hrs to a House Fire 🔥 on Winchester Road, Southampton. Lots of
#gasCooling
#firefighting
#searching
for potential residents (No body was home) & cutting away to ensure the fire was out
#Housefire
#firefighter
2
3
83
🔥Second call in the last 2 hours to youths trying to light fires in the grass! We are busy enough with accidental fires & other
#Emergencies
at the moment ,we really do not need this!
#PleaseEducateYourChildren
#Grassfires
#Drought2022
#Firefighters
😡
4
17
82
Had a lovely morning with the fiancée , she’s now at work but dropped me and pheebs at the pub on her way!
#MerryChristmas
ya’ll xx
4
0
80
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
!!
I Guess if I were to give the young girls any advice for this world it’d be, Be authentically you, be honest, be kind, it’s ok to be weird, be strong, be brave be badass everyday!
1
1
78
Well there you have it! Just call me Harry Potter ! 2 days post surgery,
#SkinCancer
#firecontaminants
#FireFighter
#OccupationalHealth
, wasn’t the first surgery, won’t be the last.
4
1
78
Tonight I go to bed shocked and so saddened by the off duty death last night of one of our own & much loved on station Ff’s, Shrek was one of life’s good guys, always made you laugh no matter what mood you were in. Stand down and RIP Brother, We’ll take it from here. 👨🏼🚒💔💞
0
7
71
2day is a good day 2show my painting. Pls RT and raise awareness of
#PTSD
in all
#EmergencyServices
&
#military
.🚒🚔🚑💂
3
66
66
@WYFRSDaveWalton
Thanks Dave , action has been taken, and I will not allow this to change who I am. As a matter of fact I’m getting married next year so they can choke on my happiness 😁🏳️🌈
2
0
68
So … my
#40thBirthday
kinda went like this …
#SkyDive
15000 feet,
#fireenginecake
#spoiltbylovedones
7
0
66
An extra role I take as a
#firefighter
is a
#FitnessInstructor
. 5 weeks ago After having to fail a colleague in their assessment.
We sat& designed a challenging but achievable plan. They PASSED yest’day AND back in gym today!
A change in both MIND & BODY 🎉
#Proud
#commitment
3
0
68
Back on duty today 9 hours with this on my face .... anyone’s else’s nose run a lot more when wearing a mask?
#mask
#COVID19
#firefighterAtWork
12
3
65
After working Christmas, I’m pleased to be spending my NYE with my gorgeous new wife , Happy New Year to you and yours.
#HappyNewYear
#StaySafe
2
0
63
Had Xmas day at the future in-laws yesterday as we both have work now through the
#Christmasholidays
Pheebs loves opening presents
#DogChristmas
#spoiltDoggy
2
0
60
2/2 I returned 2day and the writing was still in the locker a little smudged but still there.
A welfare chat was had and I APOLOGISE & stand corrected… the standard contact from a Welfare officer is 1 call per tour (8days) so I am sorry for saying I’ve not been given support.
31
0
58
When ur
#Paramedic
Cousin
@SCAS999
is on standby at ur station
@Redbridge53
... Time for a
#Familyphoto
#999family
(
#Literally
)
#CousinGary
!! 🚒🚑
0
3
58
A very busy Tour with this crazy bunch. Water Rescue refresher (🥶) , 2x assist
#Ambulance
, many Home Safety checks for the public and lots more!
I can honestly say this is the best bunch I’ve ever worked with.
#Redwatch
@Redbridge53
♥️
5
2
53
If I could wish for one change in the job I love, it would be for
#PTSD
and it’s symptoms to be understood, respected and not used as a tool by some to gossip about or bully the person struggling. 😓
#brokencrayonsStillColour
#mentalhealth
2
1
48
People ask me who taught me so well to be independent & stand up against injustice & bullies… The answer is My brave mum!
6 years ago today we turned her Life support off after she caught Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospital. Be aware of
#HospitalInfections
💔
4
0
47
Such a tragic loss of life, my heart is so heavy for you all at
@fire_scot
I feel for them.
#firefamily
2
1
47
Back to work tomorrow after 2weeks off post
#crash
!!
#stillNotgotACar
#stillABitBruised
#lookingforward
to being back at
#work
#firefighter
6
0
46
Today Red Watch & The SM
@Redbridge53
we had a ‘whip round’ and went back to this Lady to take her some fresh shopping and gifts. She was very pleased to see us again and very grateful for the groceries (she cried 😳).
#Notjustfires
Today we visited a 97yr old lady who lived alone with No Working
#SmokeAlarms
. Whilst chatting I learnt she had no family /friends 2help her.We fitted detectors,re organised extension leads 4her safety,fixed her door, & connected her DVD player that had been in a box for a yr!😊
64
98
1K
7
2
45
Firefighters beware ❗️
#contaminants
cause
#cancers
. Get yourself checked. I’m now on my 8th BCC , I have surgery in 2 weeks for number 5, Number 6 for later this year and tried cryotherapy today for number 7 &8 which might save more surgery/scars (just blisters for now)
4
13
43
“Out the mouths of babes” 😂
Visit from the a Beaver & Cubs Group last night at work….. teaching them about fire safety…. I ask ‘any Questions??’
Little boy: “are you Harry Potter? , coz u got his scar!” 🤦🏼♀️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
2
0
40
@Paul408
Cheers Paul , police are involved so Apparently there’s not much fire can do investigation wise yet ,and don’t get me wrong certain people have shown empathy my watch members and the chief , but everything in between is absent & Leaves so many questions & feeling of isolation
2
0
40
Had more
#Skincancer
removed this afternoon… under the knife this time , apparently I’m difficult to stitch as I’m ‘all muscle’ it took ages!!! Had to laugh as I’ve not trained since covid. But I’ll take the compliment!
#6stitches
back next week for more! 💪🏼
5
1
38
2 Very Busy nightshifts: huge house fire Monday eve, & a 3am commercial fire this morning didn’t leave the incident ground till 11am.
Home to discover a huge water leak & water running throughout the walls and ceiling! Topped off with a mighty head injury from the loft hatch 🤦🏼♀️🙄
7
2
35
Peeing in a bush at fire call... The part of the job no one speaks about!!
#FirefighterLife
#NotAlwaysAToiletAround
#ItsNotForEveryone
#PartOfTheJob
#HugeHouseFire
#NotAGirlyGirl
#NotJustFires
#999Problems
2
1
37
Another one bites the dust … and the last one healing well…. Just waiting for the one on my face to be removed (more complicated as it’s in 2 patches near to each other) but we are winning!
#Skincancer
#Winningthebattle
If you’re unsure
#GetItCheckedOut
! 💪🏼
2
0
36
When you finally get to eat lunch at 5pm … you know it’s been a VERY Busy
#Dayshift
🔥!!!! SWAH training all morning then straight to a fence fire then onto a Huge
#Barnfire
for a few hours then an AFA! Home for a sleep!
#firefighter
#Redwatch
2
0
35
This type of thing makes it feel worth while being on this messed up planet... My swab kit has arrived to register me on the Blood Stem Cell Donor.
#WeDeleteBloodCancer
#FeelingUseful
@DKMS_uk
8
3
34
Busy day ! This morning I was at hospital getting booked in for the latest
#skincancer
treatment (cut it out in a few weeks) this afternoon back on duty and first in attendance at a
#personsreported
#Explosion
, administered
#IEC
to a casualty with severe burns.
#timeforabeer
0
1
32
I left
#hospital
this morning wearing underwear and a towel!
#thisIsWhy
!
#timeToIndentForNewKit
do u think they’ll let me have a new jacket!! ?!
#notjustfires
I’ve been pulling glass splinters out of my head all afternoon!!!!
12
0
32
Finally finished 2nd
#painting
#NoTitleNeeded
#ptsd
#ArtTherapy
#darkplace
#trust
@paulrids
@CombatStress
1
9
33
So today my
#potentialrecruits
for
@Hants_fire
came to my station
@Redbridge53
to try the
#functionalFitnesstest
THE FULL TEST ... that we do on station...
#trainingforthehardesttest
the training is paying off- They
#Smashedit
#Strength
@HFRSInclusion
@AndyBowersB006
2
2
33
Long Day shift today I was detached to
@Rushmoor02
, a very early start for the long drive but a good shift including a fire over the border in
@SurreyFRS
. Thanks to 02 for making me welcome.
#firefighter
#coveringShortages
2
1
33
When u Hate Living alone in
#lockdown
so much that u Prefer to Work on your
#Birthday
!!! Cleaning kit, Fire at a church, and a birthday lunch ,
#Firefighter
#OnDuty
#LockdownBirthday
#COVID19
They made me a cake.
#BALLOONS
#Banners
#RedwatchFamily
5
1
31
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Not everyone understands
#mentalhealth
Sadly I don’t think everyone can! 10 yrs ago I thought it was for
#weak
people, I learned the hard way!!
#keepfighting
#keepmovingforward
#EducationIsKey
#PTSD
#DontJudgeitTillYouHaveLivedIt
#MyArtWork
1
6
31
We were Called to this at the end of our night shift this morning. Not the nicest way to head onto days off. Wishing all the children involved a speedy recovery.
This is the serious incident we dealt with this morning shortly after coming on duty. Crews from
@WinchesterStn30
,
@Eastleigh32
,
@Andover31
,
@Basingstoke_01
,
@Redbridge53
attended with
@HantsPolice
&
@SCAS999
. Our thoughts are with those children on board the bus & their families
1
17
41
3
1
32
Nice Negative
#Covid_19
test result tonight , which means first day shift tomorrow is good to go!
0
1
30
Stitches out today, and a
#biopsy
on a lump on my face only one stitch this week … !! No weights for a few more days … but back to post
#covid
light duties at work this weekend.
#skincancer
treatment
#scars
it’s been a rough year but on the up hopefully.
#firefighter
#strong
💪🏼
4
1
30
Been wiped out by
#COVID
this last week! Thank god I had both my Jabs (even though they were 7 months ago) I still have some antibodies, think they stopped me landing in hospital.
#breathingproblem
#tightchest
#shattered
#sinusHell
😒😷
6
1
29
Back to the Gym this morning for
#BodyPump
@EveryoneActive
,
#goodtobeback
, followed by dog walk ,trip to B&Q and now on
#Nightshift
1 : little bit of gym work, first shout of the night was RTC car down embankment. Back to station for a reheated Dinner (hopefully)
#Firefighter
0
2
30
Early morning
#shout
to this to end the tour. 1st in attendance, knocked to back, & entered in BA. Managed to salvage some framed photos whilst firefighting. (Photo on route)
Cricket club destroyed by blaze in what members believe to be a 'targeted arson'
0
0
28
29 days to go!!! It’s getting real now!
#WeddingMonth
#AlmostAnOfficialGrownUp
👩🏼🚒👩🏻✈️👩🏻🤝👩🏼🐶♥️
2
1
28
It’s
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
#I
’lljustleavethesehere
#MentalHealth
#itsokaytotalk
#ItsOkNotToBeOk
@Hants_fire
@PTSD999
@PTSDEducation
@Rethink_
0
13
28
On
#Annualleave
today ... BUT
#NEVEROFFDUTY
walking dogs earlier I saw 2
#teenageboys
playing on the
#frozenlake
with other kids throwing heavy branches at them. I talked the boys off the ice and
#firmlyeducated
them in the
#reality
of the
#dangerOfIce
#notjustfires
#StaySafe
4
4
25
Day 1 on shift and we’re training hard...
#BreathingApparatus
#heatandsmoke
#FirefighterLife
#JustAnotherdayAtTheOffice
😂
#Redwatch
@Redbridge53
2
1
26
#InteragencyWorking
😳😂at a community event
@OasisAcademies
today.
#advise
#FireSafety
#notjustfires
#Redwatch
@Redbridge53
@Hants_fire
6
4
26
@laalex2
I’m sure you wouldn’t ask me to be ‘feminine’ if I rocked up to save you from a house fire! “Oh yes Firefighter, please drag me out of this burning building, but only in a feminine way” !! Woman please !
1
3
26
Tonight (with help from
@JulieJ_fire
) I ran the 1st weekly
#fitnessSession
for male & female
#civilians
hoping to pass the recruitment tests this year for
@Hants_fire
#PotentialNewRecruits
getting valuable input & training ahead of the
#physicalTests
in a couple of months. 💪👩🚒👨🚒
3
3
25
When ur on a
#Nightshift
but u still gotta put ur chemo cream on ! Only 1 more week to go!!!!
#Firefighter
#SkinCancerFighter
2
0
25
Week 2 of working with 2 brave HFRS employees getting them back to
#fitness
!! One has failed a recent
#FitnessTest
, The other Returning from longterm sickness.
#EveryoneNeedsHelpSometimes
#supporteveryone
#Motivation
#BecksHasGotYaBack
#SweatIsFatCrying
😂
1
1
25
Being a Firefighter can be particularly tough sometimes, this week, with this job, has been just that. Heart wrenching & so hard to make sense of. My thoughts are with this beautiful boys Dad, family & friends, and all at the scene who did absolutely everything to save him. 💔
Tributes have been paid to a nine-year-old Hampshire boy who died in a car crash in North Dorset
1
0
1
2
1
25
Rest peacefully now Your Majesty, thank you for a life time devoted service. It has been an honour to have served you. 💔
1
1
25
As firefighters we are at a much higher risk of
#cancer
than civilians. It’s killing us. We really need Our blood testing for cancer. Let’s hope
@HantsIOW_fire
step in and provide tests for us. After all WE SAVE LIVES right? An early diagnosis could save ours!
#Dotherightthing
Firefighters are three times more likely to die from certain types of cancer. In the absence of government support, they are organising to demand justice.
5
95
199
2
4
23
So...
#Nightshift2
started running out
#hose
at sunset 🌅!!! 5 hours at this once stunning
#thatch
, we utilised water from
#hydrants
#watercarriers
and a swimming pool 7 lengths of hose away (uphill!).
#Busynightshifts
#Hardwork
#firefighters
#Redwatch
#Alresford
Beauworth Road thatched roof was unfortunately well alight when crews arrived. Crews are working hard, in tough conditions, to salvage possessions and avoid the fire spreading. Please avoid the area.
2
24
56
2
1
22
Night shift 1 looked roughly like this:
1800
#Parade
& checks, 1830 Info exchange, 1900
#Elearning
, 2000
#GymSession
, 2100 Eat, 0200
#fire
#personsreported
, 0655
#RTC
M3 involving 7 Vechiles. 0830 clean up. Night 2 underway ....
#letsSeeWhatItBrings
#firefighter
#Work
0
0
23
When you live on your own at Xmas .... the dog gets presents and you don’t 🤦🏼♀️🤣
1
1
21
#proud
of both my paintings today, Both doing the rounds on Twitter again. 😊
#MentalHealthAwareness
#PTSDawareness
2
10
22
1
2
19
Finished nights this morning and Mole removed today (I know the plaster makes me look super cool!😎Also got some cream for a month of treatment for a bad patch on my forehead (nothing serious but good to stay alert 😁)
#firefighter
#HealthySkin
#postskinCancer
0
1
21
Making up
#hose
whilst the
#sunrises
☀️in Highfield Soton this morning after a large House fire. Quick actions kept the adjoining property from catching. Busy night due to a
#fire
at a
#derelictpub
earlier in the shift.
#nocleanKitLeft
#Firefighters
#Redwatch
#NoRestForTheWicked
0
1
21
#busycoupleofdays
this tour for
#redwatch
@Redbridge53
@Hants_fire
#RTC
, afa and fitness yesterday,... PT circuit, Pumping and
#housefire
today. Nice
#rescue
of
#dog
by
@StMarys54
followed by
#O2therapy
on the dog by the ECO (me!) As well as post fire cuddles! 😊
2
2
20
Thank god the washing machine broke this week…. Pheebs has taken advantage of the space , using it as an air raid shelter in her
#Thundershirt
from the nasty
#Fireworks
…
#BonfireNight
#dogs
#veterans
#Ptsd
#BanfireworksSells
1
0
18
2 weeks since the MOHs surgery and glad to say the scar is healing nicely! 16 stitches were removed 6days ago. Still sore and a bit swollen but I’m made of tough stuff me!
#Firefighter
#SkinCancer
#BCCs
#Contaminants
#Decontamination
5
0
18
@thatpaulbloomer
Yes my CM reported it straight away , hes a good guy. The watch are great. It’s in police hands
1
0
19
Nice little 3k hilly run on the hottest day of the year …
#Firefighterdayoff
#NoTrainNoGain
Time to
#rehydrate
💪🏼💦👩🏼🚒💪🏼
4
0
19
@flaminhaystacks
Unfortunately anyone who comes on station has access 😕 and happened on my 4 days off! I’m hoping he or she will be flushed out of hiding by speaking up Like this x
3
0
20
London leading the way here! Well done
@LondonFire
@LFBCommissioner
,it's time all
#FRS
follow suit. People get ill without help!
The Brigade has it’s own in house Counselling and Welfare Team which is an accredited counselling service
#InsideLondonFireBrigade
2
35
150
3
6
20
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Each of my
#paintings
told a story ... all three were given as gifts to people who deserved them.
#supportIsKey
1
3
17
🥲💜
Happy Mother's Day from everybody at
#TeamHants
! 🚒
Our firefighters have a special message for their mums and share some of the many reasons why they love them 👇💕
#MothersDay
#MothersDay2021
#StaySafe
#999Family
1
4
34
2
0
18
That was a
#BusyNightshift
7 shouts.
1
#personsreportedFire
, 1 small kitchen fire, 2 AFA’s, 3 times assisting
#police
with their duties.
#notjustfires
#999family
#allinOneNight
2
2
19
Well said Steve! Although u forgot my photo!! 😂😉
Can ALL MEDIA please stop referring to us as Firemen. We are all FIREFIGHTERS.
You are just showing your ignorance and disrespect
411
7K
16K
2
0
19