If you worked in CFSHQ

[medevac]

Just a thought..... - How about HQ ask the government for a one off grant to fit out all fire fighters with PBI Gold....?

because they probably couldnt care less?
why didnt they ask for a grant to fit out all firefighters with nomex?

[oz fire]

Also OZFIRE, you can't have a job if there are no volunteers!!
I think people need to remember that sometimes.........

David, ther's no doubt of that ... stating the obvious really!!! My comment though was direct more to the time staff appear to spend working with and for the volunteers as opposed to the time they spend meeting political and government demands and passing on their wishs and directions to the volunteers, who manage and operate at the pointy end.
I think we sometimes forget when we look at staff that they have many, many masters above them and that they put in extra ordinary hours, often unpaid (hence voluntry) to meet with us, train us and try to meet our many needs - 430 Brigades (17000 volunteers) to 90 staff, not a good ratio

[Wagon 1]

I guess a few bad one's seem to stick out above all the good work done by the rest, as is usually the case.