Jade's all fired up and ready to show Gold Coast hose boss in 2018

Jade Nimmo is eyeing Gold Coast and will fight fires with her Bo'ness colleagues until then

That’s quite a hot streak of form you’re on – so what do you do if you’re Jade Nimmo?

Well with such a hot streak you join the fire service!

The long jumper, holder of the Scottish national record, is currently an RDS fire fighter at Bo’ness fire station when she’s not training on the track or in the gym training up for more competitions and a long-haul trip to the next Commonwealth Games in two years at the Gold Coast in Australia.

Jade Nimmo is swapping long jump for the heptathlon

“I’d always wanted to be a fire-fighter since I was little,” Nimmo explained. “After I finished Uni I needed a job because I’m not a funded athlete any more, I saw an advert and here I am.”

Jade, from Hallglen, had to move to Bo’ness to be within eight minutes of the station, and is its first retained female in 30 years.

“It’s been very interesting – some weeks are busier than others but recently we had the Phoenix pub fire in White cross which was a 16-hour shift.

“My colleagues attended the accident on the M9 at the weekend too, though I was off duty and training.”

The job switch is not the only one that Nimmo is undertaking at the moment.

She combines her time between the station, part-time work with Policy Services in Grangemouth, and training for the heptathlon – not the long jump.

“I’ve decided to change and go for the multi-events,” she explained.

“Long jump is still a part of it but I’m looking at heptathlon for Gold Coast in two years’ time. If I medal then, I’ll look at Tokyo 2020 – I think Rio is a bit soon to meet the standards they are looking for.”

The sporting switch doesn’t hold much fear for Jade. She competed in heptathlon and pentathlon when she was younger and after returning from a spell in the USA defeated Jessica Taylor, who took a podium place at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, at an event in Manchester.

“It will be difficult changing over but I’m enjoying my training.

“We have a really good group down at Grangemouth Stadium – including my brother Taylor. I’ve spent a lot of time rehab’ing after injury with David Bowmakker at LifeFit but I’m getting back into it and this year is a progression year into multi’s again. Then next year it’s all geared towards Gold Coast.”