Ordering of PBI Gold

[bittenyakka]

I don't have it as I haven't done BA yet but our brigade uses it for everything where BA might be used as well.

[Smallflame]

Even if youve done BA it still takes a while to get...

[CyberCitizen]

Well I Am Coming Up To 5 Or 6 Months Now Still Waiting Since I Have Done BA, However With That Being Said I Found Out What The Cause Was & It Was CFS, But I Won't Say Who It Was.

[SA Firey]

Well I Am Coming Up To 5 Or 6 Months Now Still Waiting Since I Have Done BA, However With That Being Said I Found Out What The Cause Was & It Was CFS, But I Won't Say Who It Was.

Get Prizi to stir them up :-D

[backburn]

A member from my brigade went and done Ba the other weekend and he was told there was no time frame for when he would get his PBI gold as they had to get all the MFS fitted out first.

Why is it only one person can for you in PBI gold its not tht hard to messure you up if thats what they call it.

[Smallflame]

Its a pain cause its hard to find ANY gear in my size, let alone get something temporary for the time until my PBI gold comes in. Unfortunately what comes off the trauma teddies isn't actually Nomex, or I could almost borrow that!

One of our other guys did BA 9 months ago, rumour had it that Lion didn't have his sizing. Apparently they do, there's just a massive demand for the gear!

[CyberCitizen]

I Heard There Was A Delay Because The Purchase Orders Sat On Someones Desk & Was Not Signed Off.

So Instead Of Lion Getting An Order Of 12-24 Operators After 1-2 Courses There Got About 12 Courses So Approx 144 So Thats A Container Load.  So The Last I Heard Was That The Stuff Has Been Ordered & Is Being Shipped From NZ.

Was Expected To Be Here This Month, But Now That Its Fire Season And Near Xmas So As To Weather It Gets Off The Docks Thats Another Story.  It Will Most Likely Sit There Until Feb.

[Firefrog]

Can't comment on the status or manufacturing location of specific orders but I do know that Lion are manufacturing South Aussie PBI Gold in Australia.

[SA Firey]

Noticed MFS have the same striping as us in the latest batch they were given :wink:

[CFS_Firey]

You mean the same colour striping?

[Pipster]

some of my guys are waiting for their PBI, after completing their BA course several weeks ago

The official word I received through my Group, from the Region, was that the hold up was due to a supply problem with the material....and that the material was in a shipping container, and had recently landed at the docks......

They were hoping to have the gear out by Christmas....not sure if this is going to happen or not (I haven't had an update yet...!) 

Pip

[Scania_1]

Come on its the CFS/Government when do you get anything at the time you are told you will?

[Pipster]

Lion are a private company    :-D

Pip

[bittenyakka]

That makes it a private company taking the government for a ride. if there was another company that made PBI I bet lion would have filled all the orders by now.

[Ryan]

I believe Sturt group has some PBI sitting around, they can sell that  :-P

[medevac]

^^LMAO


might as well... its not really any use to the FFs in that group out on the job.

[SA Firey]

You mean the same colour striping?

Yes that is what I meant :-D

[Ryan]

How come they have same coloured striping as us, unless its just replacement sets while theyre orange gear gets cleaned.

[CFS_Firey]

Maybe they didn't like being the pink ones :P

[medevac]

Maybe they didn't like being the pink ones :P

hmm thats understandable

[SA Firey]

 :-D :-D :-D :lol:

[JC]

i believe that MFS were issued with two sets of PBI so they shouldn't have replacement sets? Maybe they want something cfs has got for once. :-D :-D :-D

[RescueHazmat]

I doubt it.

Probably a surplus of the yellow striped gear.

[Scania_1]

Only some MFS firies have 2 sets of PBI at the moment. A second set issue is being rolled out gradually.

[SA Firey]

There is a group with only 5 brigades in it,with 70 sets of it they have'nt issued to members yet :-o