Mt Gambier MFS going full time

[Alan (Big Al)]

tssk tssk tssk, Medevac personal attacks I mean really  :-D
"cocky as filtered" yeah pretty much you can afford to be when ya actually know ya stuff  :-D

"full of filtered" man that cuts to the bone  :lol: as opposed to  soo many of the "supposed learned ones" who post here and have actually attended less fire calls in the last ten years than I attended last week :-D

Dunno Gong kinda sound like a full timer?

[Scania_1]

Apparently some of the calls station 50 get come in on a local phone line. Ours will come through town on the pagers just like now.

[Ryan]

maybe we need a false alarm thread for all this.

Good idea Ryan!

[Big Yellow Gongbeater]

tssk tssk tssk, Medevac personal attacks I mean really  :-D
"cocky as filtered" yeah pretty much you can afford to be when ya actually know ya stuff  :-D

"full of filtered" man that cuts to the bone  :lol: as opposed to  soo many of the "supposed learned ones" who post here and have actually attended less fire calls in the last ten years than I attended last week :-D

Dunno Gong kinda sound like a full timer?

Ha ha ha ha, love ya work MundCFS, just coz I passed the Pat1 doesn't necessarily mean i'm a SAMFS fulltime firie. I could've failed the Pat2 and or interview. And I may just be a member of one of an extremely busy Urban Fringe CFS brigade (remember there's a huge difference in call outs between the top 10 responding brigades and the rest of the state)   :-P

"The seek him here, they seek him there"

[Alan (Big Al)]

Apparently some of the calls station 50 get come in on a local phone line. Ours will come through town on the pagers just like now.

Quite often see a page from MFS for 501 to respond with the fulltimer's pager and then 4mins later for the retained with that "FIRE CALL ATTEND STATION".
I think it has been discussed on here before about retainee's at pirie only being called for some calls

[Ryan]

maybe theyre not needed for the incident. 

What is the official starting date for Mt Gambier to start their fulltime work?

[5271rescue]

I think its the 1st of Jan 2007

[Scania_1]

Actually its the 2nd of January as they wont be working on public holidays.

[5271rescue]

So what they will get ever public holiday off?

[24P]

^ sounds like the easy life to me, weekends off + public holidays. I wonder how many MFS S/O's applied for the job down there?

[Ryan]

Did the current retained captain/SO get the full time job?

[Camo]

nope didnt apply as far as i know...probaly getting along a bit to be worried about it as well.  65 i think?  ath?

[Ryan]

so is S/O being taken from those that applied for the full timer job or a current MFS S/O?

[Scania_1]

A current SO from Adelaide has been appointed to Mt Gambier.

[F.B.R.T]

Howdy!!

I'm back online for a moment so I thought I'd say G'Day to everyone.

Just about thru week ten of fourteen, so things are moving along quite quickly now!

Finished all modules such as BA, RCR, Pumps, Hazmat etc and are starting scenario drills shortly before going to Brukunga for Hot Firepad in the second to last week.

Cannot wait to get home and be operational again as I am sure I am getting withdrawal symptoms!

Anyhow, until next time, keep safe!

Regards, Mat

[Robert-Robert34]

I got one question when Mount Gambier becomes a full time station will it be using a dispatch talkgroup for turn outs during day time like Adelaide MFS does or will TG 195 bee for all comms including dispatch  :? 

[medevac]

robert - i would presume it will remain on regional talkgroup.

pirie is a retained country station, they have an 'extra crewman' that is in station for comms

[RescueHazmat]

At Pirie, I believe the initial paid crew goes (leaving the 5th behind), and if retained are required they are responded to station. The fulltimer which was left goes on the truck with the retained crew, then one retained member stays back for comms.

I think that's how they work it? Been a couple years since I have asked / heard...

[Scania_1]

That hasnt been worked out yet Robert. There may only be enough crew to man the first appliance so the comms may go initially through Adelaide until someone arrives from the retained crew to open the local comms. Mt Gambier will not have a 5th person to ride in charge of the 2nd Appliance like Pirie do. They have a Senior Firey who does that or comms. Mt Gambier will only have a Station Ofiicer and one or two crew leaders on station and maybe only 4 people on some days.

[medevac]

perhaps MFS could employ robert to do it from Kalangadoo sub-base?

[Camo]

perhaps MFS could employ robert to do it from Kalangadoo sub-base?

Thats using your noodle!

[5271rescue]

dont know if the string and can are that long.... :evil:

[Ryan]

and maybe only 4 people on some days.

maybe, isnt a fulltime crew only 4 people anyway to go with the 1 and 3 ruling of 1 man in charge of 3 crew.  Most MFS appliances are only run with 4.

[5271rescue]

have seen some mfs crews of late with only 3 in the appliances.

[Scania_1]

Well the thing is there will be 6 people in total. Most of the time there may be one person on leave and that would leave 5 but if someone is away sick or whatever there will be 4. But of course if there is 5 there then yes one will stay to do radio initially at least at there are only 4 seats on the Scania.