Ammusing pager message.

[Mike]

I forgot to copy the message before i refreshed the GRN pager site, but...

Did anyone else see the message: Respond Animal Rescue.... Koala stuck in tree (in back yard)

I had to read it a couple of times, and am still chuckling about the implications. If it was stuck on a road I could understand the concern..... but in a tree!!!! lol

[strikeathird]

The number of times you get a page for Animal Rescue, Bird In tree, or something like that...  You really wonder sometimes..

[medevac]

I hav had "MFS: RESPOND ANIMAL RESCUE - BIRD IN TREE" plus all the dates etc... but really, i mean cmon.... thats just stupid

[Mike]

Im glad others can see the irony hehe

[CyberCitizen]

I hav had "MFS: RESPOND ANIMAL RESCUE - BIRD IN TREE" plus all the dates etc... but really, i mean cmon.... thats just stupid

We Have Had That, Usally A Pet Bird Or Someone Worried About The Bird Cause It Looks Injured.

There Are Some Funny Pieces Of Information That Get Sent Out.

I Can't Believe How Many Koala Jobs There Are, Last One I Saw It Was A Koala On Marion Road.

[calspec]

Responded to one only the other day.  Magpie stuck in tree.  First there was the speeding, then the dangerous driving, then the wear and tear to the vehicle etc - and that was just getting to the station.

In all seriousness though, the bird WAS stuck, by its legs it would seem, and in the grounds of a Primary School, so lots of distressed kids looking on.  Just to top if off, we couldn't reach the damn thing - beyond the reach of the ladder.  Even tried to conjure up a cherry picker - but no other agency seemed prepared to assist.  Eventually hooked it with a broom/ceiling hook and it escaped.  The kids were impressed, if no-one else.

[strikeathird]

We don't have a combi broom/celing hook..  Might need to look into those, they sound a treat....

[calspec]

:-D The wonders of duct tape! :roll:

[medevac]

1908919 13:10:20 22-12-05 COULD ALL MEMBERS WHO WERE SICK AS A RESULT OF MONDAY NIGHT''S TRAINING PLEASE CONTACT KYM E ASAP (phone number)

just noticed this page msg on grn site...
wud love to know which brigade and why????

im wondering if its a case of the dirty barbie... we usually have a barbie after training and i sometimes wonder if it shud be a bit cleaner.....

EDIT: accidentally posted phone number... came back to delete

[medevac]

1919356 11:31:35 22-12-05 MENG: REMINDER: WATER CARTING FOR CDEP TONIGHT. PLS BE AT STN 1830HRS. VERY GENEROUS DONATION INVOLVED. THANKS MENINGIE CAPTAIN. 22/12/2005. 11:31

very interesting indeed...

[CFS_Firey]

For information, the Koala stuck in tree was indeed a koala up a tree... I can't work out if the amusement is worth more than the waste of resources and time... :lol:

[mengcfs]

And yet another............

MENINGIE PLEASE NOTIFY CAPTAIN IF AVAILABLE FOR SITE SEEING TO BOARDERTOWN ASAP.

I know some strike teams are sometimes classed as site seeing but hey. Poor OAS at link.

Adam

[fire03rescue]

That would take 30 seconds at bordertown

[CFS_Firey]

That would take 30 seconds at bordertown

oooh! feel the burn! :P

[strikeathird]

1919356 11:31:35 22-12-05 MENG: REMINDER: WATER CARTING FOR CDEP TONIGHT. PLS BE AT STN 1830HRS. VERY GENEROUS DONATION INVOLVED. THANKS MENINGIE CAPTAIN. 22/12/2005. 11:31

Believe this is against CFS policy due to the problems with health related matters.  !! ??

[CyberCitizen]

Yes I Also Thought It Was Against CFS Policy As Well.

[mengcfs]

Believe this is against CFS policy due to the problems with health related matters.  !! ??

The water carting is actually filling up a tank which the local Brigade uses to fill appliances. A member of the public turned on the tap and let it all run out.
Adam, Meningie

[medevac]

Believe this is against CFS policy due to the problems with health related matters.  !! ??

The water carting is actually filling up a tank which the local Brigade uses to fill appliances. A member of the public turned on the tap and let it all run out.
Adam, Meningie

then whys there a donation...

[mengcfs]

Because the tank is on private property and the owners actually asked us to refill the tank (which the CFS use and also the landowner(s)) and as a good gesture from those landowners they are willing to give a donation the the CFS as they have had many fires on that particular property.
Adam.
Finished justifying!

[strikeathird]

Im not saying you had to justify yourself, was just saying I believe it is against policy....

[mengcfs]

No probs mate,
It is against policy to cart water for drinking or for stock (cattle), but carting water from a lake to a tank for firefighting purposes isn't.  It's a bit like filling a floating collar dam for use at an incident.
Adam.

[Sleepy]

This one sounds nasty:

07:35:45  25-12-05  SHQ: *CFSRES: JOFF RESPOND MVA; BIG RED SLED VERSUS TREE - BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURED OVERNIGHT - MULTIPLE ANIMALS ON ROAD AND PRESENTS EVERYWHERE... < 25/12/2005 07:35:36

:evil:

[strikeathird]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[CyberCitizen]

Ha Ha Love That Pager Message.

[bajdas]

This one I like from today. How much embarrassment and stirring could you do to the person who bogged the vehicle.

1928013 23:06:06 28-12-05 SHQ: *URGMSG: PT AUGUSTA SES UNIT RESPOND POLICE CAR BOGGED WESTERN END OF NEWTON ROAD PT AUGUSTA CALL SGT ##further details removed to for privacy## < 28/12/2005 23:05:51