Busiest brigades

[fire03rescue]

and a 7 bay station

[medevac]

"ill believe that when my shite turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert..."

[rescue5271]

Well to tell the truth CFS are going to make Kalangadoo an air rescue brigdae,no fire applinaces just a little old rescue chopper once I complete making it out of the model :lol:

[Robert-Robert34]

Very funny rescue5271 :-P :lol:

Even though like i have before it may not happen yet but at moment the way were not getting any support from Kalangadoo township or members
joining our brigade Kalangadoo CFS may not be operational once the pulp mill is running in 2008/2009

From what my parents have heard & said is if Kalangadoo CFS goes into recession the Kalangadoo township will be crying because they dont have a local brigade to protect them

This will be squarely their fault for not wanting to support or join Kalangadoo CFS and thats a true fact  :-)

[medevac]

Seems like everythread makes its way back to Kalangadoo (Spelling).

queue banjos;
dada ding ding ding ding ding ding dee...

[Scania_1]

There was a brigade in the same boat a few years ago. Somewhere around Strathalbyn in region 1. They had severe membership issues so they did a letterbox drop to the whole town, basically saying `we need you, if no-one joins, your CFS will be disbanded`. Suffice to say they had a poor response and the CFS folded. All their calls are now handled by nearby brigades. Not a great result but what can you do?

[Robert-Robert34]

thats true ath but if the current Kalangadoo CFS brigade goes in recession chances are it will arise from the ashes as a much better brigade with lots of members

Who knows if the Kalangadoo CFS is reborn after recession i might end up being the captain  :lol:

[medevac]

Dont mean to be rude but i believe this thread was just about busy brigade call numbers, not a soapbox for brigades with no members....

sorry but im just fed up with hearing it in every thread i read...

[PF_]

We need a dedicated Kalangadoo thread.

[Toast]

Dont mean to be rude but i believe this thread was just about busy brigade call numbers, not a soapbox for brigades with no members....

sorry but im just fed up with hearing it in every thread i read...

But it's KALANGADOO!

Second only to Station 20

[Mike]

I think the thread has spoken ;) and I couldnt agree more....

3 call to make it to 100 for the year!!!! that'll be a first for us!!! (feels wrong being excited abouted getting MORE calls)

Knowing our luck we'll make it to 99  :roll:

[fire03rescue]

luv ya work Toast

[CFS_Firey]

Knowing our luck we'll make it to 99 :roll:

Burn your toast and call the fire service ;)

[Toast]

In reality we only do about 5 calls a year... we just pad it out with MFA's to attempt to get more funding  :-P

[Alan (Big Al)]

Knowing our luck we'll make it to 99 :roll:

Burn your toast and call the fire service ;)

A few years back twice in a row we got to 99 with around two weeks left and do you think we could get that 1 call, Nope, i can say though i think a few members were tempted to do something for the extra call but thankfully sanity prevailed.

But last year we got there and been there done that this year, but Mike trust me it's an anti-climax :roll:

[medevac]

hah - were sitting on 93 at the mo'

[rescue5271]

where now on 112

[Robert-Robert34]

Maybe you should have a celebration once your brigade reaches 100 callouts medevac  :-D

[medevac]

HAH cant wait... hopefully we'll make it this year... we usually get to around 97ish then stop lol...

[Robert-Robert34]

Buy some lucky charms and stick them on your pager and in the truck

[rescue5271]

In Victoria the have awards for members who reach,500,700 and 1000 calls in some CFS brigade's may be we can all do that..

[Alan (Big Al)]

One of our newer members went away to Brukunga for a course and came back saying there were two blokes wandering around with 500-club t-shirts on and looked a bit silly but this might be a way a brigade celebrates for it's members reaching this milestone???

There would have to be a few long serving members in busy brigades that must be close to the 3000-club  :-o :-P

[probie_boy]

Funny that.

There'd be three guys in my brigade that could wear the 500 shirt I reckon. As for the captain...I honestly reckon he'd be pushin 750 jobs. Thats a rough guess but I wouldn't doubt it if a number like that came up!

[CFS_Firey]

wouldn't surprise me of your captain had done more than that probie_boy...  He's been a member for long enough... is there anything he isn't trained in?

[Camo]

Compton (Gambier Group) although not as busy as the hills brigades etc, we are looking at about 50 calls this year up from 40 last year.

Although Yahl & Moorak may push the 60 barrier thanks to some persistant fire alarms!

considering we are only rural brigades with some EMA work our group has been very busy this year and seems to be getting busier.

Had two house fires within a week of each other where normally we would be lucky to see two in two years.

Camo