SAMFS Renmark Fire Station

[SA Firey]

Station 61

[Will719]

I know these photos were taken a while ago but does Renmark house fleet 121? I think it's a Volvo F7?

[SA Firey]

I know these photos were taken a while ago but does Renmark house fleet 121? I think it's a Volvo F7?

Negative, it's a Training Fleet at Angle Park

[pumprescue]

121 was a regional spare at Renmark for a while whilst the tanker was getting some work done to it. Will be going to salvage soon and be replaced in the spare fleet by and FL7.

[bajdas]

Is that the building sharing with Remark SES Unit ?

[Will719]

Is that the building sharing with Remark SES Unit ?

Yes. Also the home of D/O John Foody (riverland)

[unfknblvable]

Could be a Full time crew soon (similar to Mt Gambier model)???????

[Will719]

Don't really see the point of a station doing 160-170 calls per year becoming full time. If they were to make Renmark full time then they would have to seriously consider Port Lincoln full time.

[Alan (Big Al)]

and murray bridge, and whyalla and augusta and victor

[unfknblvable]

your on the money with a couple of those!
After complete cockups in the last couple of years, locals have pressed :-D for better equipped and trained options.
Why do you think they would spend millions of dollars on spnakin new stations and appliances?
:-D

[pumprescue]

Cock ups, care to share, you do realise that half the time you only end up with day crew, or a single crew, so only thing being improved is a quicker 1 truck response during the day.

As for Renmark getting a fulltime crew.....maybe after a dozen other stations get fulltime crews first.

[misterteddy]

Murray Bridge,Renmark, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln.....all within 12 months

[pumprescue]

Your funny.... :lol:

[bajdas]

your on the money with a couple of those!
After complete cockups in the last couple of years, locals have pressed :-D for better equipped and trained options.
Why do you think they would spend millions of dollars on spnakin new stations and appliances?
:-D

Similar to Seaford where a powerful entity got into the local community groups to stir up...lessons learnt will hopefully make people wary & think twice for that to happen again...but anything can happen when EB's are being negotiated.

My personal opinion only & I live near that station....in answer to your question... PURE POLITICS

[6739264]

Is this the rumour thread?

Oh yeah, I hear 20 stn is going retained to save money....

[Will719]

lol

[unfknblvable]

Review of 'Standards of Fire Cover' has highlighted a number of issues including the areas mentioned previously.
Thought some of you were in the 'Know', apparently not.

[Skippy]

When do they respond the tanker and 6114? Do they respond to most incidents or are they there to respond to major incidents?

[pumprescue]

What they would like and reality are 2 different things, if they are going to staff those stations then what about the likes of whyalla and berri who struggle to get even 1 truck on the road in under 10 mins and rarely the second, or what about the joke of a setup at pt pirie, single pump house fire responses!

It's only worth staffing if it's fashionable and in the political spotlight.

[Will719]

Renmark hasn't had a call in the last four days. That pretty much speaks for its self! You sit in a station from 8:30am to 4pm each day for the last four days. What are going to do? Not much. I totally agree with Pumprescue about "It's only worth staffing if it's fashionable and in the political spotlight"