Agree with some points.
Disagree with many others.
I can't remember the last time I did a fundraiser, we certainly get everything we need from out budget and all our trucks are under 3 years old.
No offence Stirling, but maybe CFS are trying to tell you something, you don't need that truck, in fact probably don't need half your trucks. Sometimes we need to swallow our pride and realise that the days of staffing 5 trucks are gone, sometimes lucky to staff 1 truck ! (don't deny it, its true!) Isn't there 5 other tankers within a short distance, my group has 1 tanker, the next group doesn't have any, and we have some dodgy terrain.
I do agree with the massive shift to rural only and hang the fact that we do any urban work. The training for the urban stuff seems to be grudgingly given and gleefully cancelled.
Agree with the paging thing, the pagers are old and it takes forever to get them, can't seem to get new one's very easily, the CFS seems to rely on the fact that most still work.
I agree with Heysen Group Officer, how can a brigade like Mt Barker, given the area they cover, not have Air Bags, that just smacks of CFS not wanting to be professional, who they gonna call, its not like every rescue needs them. Then again they cancelled RCR courses for a year to replace some ashphalt.....come on !!
CFS doesn't seem to be agressive with its push for funding, if I have worked it out, we don't have the ability to replace the fleet we have before some trucks reach the 20/25 yr age limit. Stop wasting money on fancing aircraft. The air crane isn't going to help us get out on the street.
I hope the SFEC reveiw is given full support, I know it is being worked on as we speak. A lot of brigades have truck they don't need, I think we all need to have a look at ourselves and say "are we able to crew these vehicles, and are we just holding onto our empires"
I think something needed to be said, but again, can't say I agree with all of it.
No wonder RC 1 didn't want CFS or MFS staff halding rank in the CFS, hahahahaha
