19-year-old Aimee Freeman has been hailed a hero for working as part of the home shopping team at Asda, while also being a retained firefighter. Aimee carries a pager with her from Monday to Friday and is always ready to make the short dash to the fire station in case of an emergency.
She said: "I've been doing it for two months now, so it's still pretty new, but I'm so glad I do it. My dad was in the Army, so I've always understood the importance of public service and had it in the back of my mind that I would like to do something that's both active and that helps people."
Aimee started working at Asda last August, switching from the checkouts to home shopping late last year, and says her managers have been a great support. She said: "I'm really lucky to have had the support of my managers, and Will, who was our manager at the time, said it would be alright to release me if I had to answer a call. If my pager goes off I'll just have to stop whatever I'm doing and run for it, as I've got to be there within five minutes. I've only had a couple of calls so far, so I haven't caused too much disruption.
