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Co-location of local headquarters
medevac:
thats crap.... (cfs having to foot part of the bill.)
CFS_fire32:
Believe Yankalilla CFS / SES are co-located.
oz fire:
From the current Pt Lincoln Times - it would appear that MFS are above the rest of us :x
THE Metropolitan Fire Service has unveiled concept plans for its new Port Lincoln station on St Andrews Terrace. The station, which will include facilities for 24/7 staffing, is expected to be up and running within five years.
The proposal has highlighted the potential for an emergency services centre with the Country Fire Service and State Emergency Service registering interest to work side by side at the same site.
In a presentation to the Port Lincoln council on Monday night MFS strategic services manager Don Cranwell said the MFS was supportive of co-siting but it was a decision to be made by the individual services.
However a joint use facility with CFS or SES was not an option, Mr Cranwell said.
"What we're not supportive of is anything that interferes with a dedicated MFS facility.
"Sharing the same facility doesn't work."
In this day and age, it's about time that bureaucrats like donny cranwell were told to pull their heads in!
Interesting to note that the Region 6 office had been looking for a new site, to allow them to expand and meet their needs - what an ideal opportunity and an ideal way to build the best possible with TAX PAYERS money :-o
kat:
Region Three Headqaurters in Murray Bridge houses the SES head honcho.
Definate disadvantages. Guess the advantages are economic, can't really think of any others. Although the VSO there serves both organisations so I guess that is handy for organisational leaders.
The office used to be stunning example of a volunteer friendly environment with a volunteer lounge/tea/coffee/water facilities, fire/rescue library.
I guess in the interests of efficiency, it is now a place you would avoid like the plague, complete with counter to ceiling bars separating the staff from it's onery clients.
Chatty:
Renmark SES and MFS share a building - the main problem there was the cost of the facility as everyone felt that in the long run it would have been cheaper to build two separate facilites...
I agree with the comments about "less volunteer friendly facilities" as that is certainly the case at Mt Barker, where all volunteers have to sign in, have a visitor's pass and rely on paid staff to let them in. The (security) complications when we attend the Regional Ops Centre to assist are (to me) incomprehensible.
We (at Adelaide Hills SES) are supposed to be co-locating with St Johns - which will benefit both organisations - but this process appears to be in trouble due to the delays in getting a block of land.
Play safe kiddies
Chatty
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