This years call rates

Started by car31, May 14, 2007, 09:24:11 AM

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car31

Well with about 45 days left in the yearly call stats tally how are different brigades numbers looking? I think my brigade is going to be about 65-80 calls higher than last years total, what about other brigades? I think morphett vale are going to be very high also.

Alan (Big Al)

Well as at the end of january we were looking like killing last years numbers but we've come to a screaming halt, only just scraped up level with last year so far i think around the 110 mark so far.
Lt. Goolwa CFS

Mike

Been a little while since i looked at the book, but im pretty sure we would be up by at least 20 or so by now..... MVA's still keeping us busy unfortunatly...

24P

I beleive Morphett Vale are up over 400 now?
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

car31

going by their website they are 408, as of the 9/5 and would of had a few more jobs since then.

Think Salisbury may of just cracked the 400 also.

Camo

we are about the same as last year 43 so far...last year we finished on 52..
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24P

Quote from: Camo on May 14, 2007, 12:13:41 PM
we are about the same as last year 43 so far...last year we finished on 52..
Better get those mets down there to start calling you more.  :-D
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Camo

They havent really had any big jobs either though...


Been quite hectic the last month...been as busy as it normally is in summer.
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http://www.compton.sacfs.org

Pipster

We have been way too quiet... probably the quietest year for the last 8 or so.....was looking really busy up until January, and then it just stopped...  :-(

Pip
There are three types of people in the world.  Those that watch things happen, those who make things happen, and those who wonder what happened.

wilma

I agree pip its gone way to quite to quick for my likings   :|
Barossa CFS Group
Barrosa DGO 3
(Formaly Wilma)

Pixie

morphies call rates are only so high because they are dual response with seaford. :-P
SACFS
Seaford Brigade
Lieutenant 2

**My View only, does not reflect that of the Seaford Brigade or SACFS**

bittenyakka

Well we are about 10 behind last years 55 kinda had nothing after Jan.

Is it just me or does every one have this similar pattern of nothing much in 07?

24P

Quote from: bittenyakka on May 14, 2007, 05:35:11 PM


Is it just me or does every one have this similar pattern of nothing much in 07?
Negative - quite the opposite
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Alan (Big Al)

I think the only ones around us that have kept going would be strathalbyn, but that has mainly been MVA's like mike said, it's like people get near strath and just lose the plot, either that or they think why not do it here they're a good mob :-P :lol:


Yes  24P but i could be wrong but you are from the northern suburbs??? It doesn't matter up there half the population are arsonists anyhow :-o :lol:
Lt. Goolwa CFS

littlejohn

G D you monkey, you jinxed us.

We've been pretty quiet for the last couple of months. Almost ready to conduct the ancient PPE resurection ceremony. No sooner had the gear been crucified on a barbed wire fence, hose at the ready, when the pager went off.

Two jobs today. Not sure of the tally as yet though.

alphaone

Quote from: Mundcfs on May 14, 2007, 05:41:06 PM
Yes  24P but i could be wrong but you are from the northern suburbs??? It doesn't matter up there half the population are arsonists anyhow :-o :lol:

Mund, I do not think comments like that are appropriate on a public forum such as this. Fair enough if that is your view of people from the northern suburbs. However, it is an unsubstantiated, sterotypical comment that people like myself, who are from the Northern Suburbs and are well adjusted members of society, like MOST people in my area, may take offence to.
End rant.

Just to keep in line with the thread, my brigade is about even with our call rates for this time of year compared to previous years.

Alan (Big Al)

alphaone I was having a bit of a dig and a joke i apologise if i offended you 
Lt. Goolwa CFS

alphaone

No personal offence taken by me mund, I was just making a point that some people who may visit this forum, may be offended. I know the reputation that the northern suburbs has, I have to live with it everyday cause I live there. But I also know that those that cause the trouble are only a minority, and we as a community do not like those people in our area. We are not the only area to suffer this propblem, but because of demographics, it is more noticeable by the wider public, due to media attention.

5271rescue

Naracoorte is sitting on 123 as of today
blinky bill
my view only

fireblade

Wow its interesting to hear how many jobs brigades have gone to my station is on about 230. I know brigades like Morphett Vale do dual response for Seaford and Salisbury for Virginia. They hit up around the 400 mark but when does it become to much.

Seriously I'm like you all and love what i do in the service, but you have to ask the question of how much the CFS can bleed out of individuals. Money lost in petrol costs, wages, time away from family it would be staggering if you added it up over the years.

I take my hat off to the guys in those really busy brigades. Must be a huge juggling act for them.

alphaone

My brigade is sitting on 281 as of last night, and there is a group of us that are at nearly every job, and I know we are getting tired, due to the constant juggling act to find time for day to day stuff. Yet we still respond to the station when the pager goes cause we love what we do and we want to serve our community to the best of our abilities.

I could not imagine doing 400+ calls a year like some other brigades do, I too take my hat of to them.

bittenyakka

I admire them as well

do you guys in really busy brigades have a unsuccessful method of getting everyone to do there share of calls? yes sometimes you just can't get there but my brigade has the same core group of people to pretty much everything. although it isn't a problem for us i could see 400 plus callouts REALLY need the entire team working together.

5271rescue

Well those brigade's that do lots of calls 200+ would not be able to do these calls with out the help of members who are shift workers,who have family and bosses that allow them to go to call outs. as for petrol and costing well that should not come into it,we do our job to serve and provide a community and state service to the people of SA and those other place's that we love to visit.Now and then we get a free holiday from CFS....Sorry that is a working holiday.
blinky bill
my view only

probie_boy

we're on 49 i think, a pretty regular year for us.

yeah from my brigades point of view i cant fathom attending 400 calls a year.

bittenyakka

that's very true isn't it. If a brigade does over 400 CPY they would understand that and have mechanisms in place to make it as easy as possible. Mind you they still do a brilliant job