MFS Appliance Responses

[Camo]

Gday Folks,

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on something for me.

Does anyone know why 204 (rescue appliance) is responded to alarm calls etc along with 205 etc....

Does 204 carry structural gear or is purely man power?

Camo

[rescue5271]

look at their website cam and find out?????

[probie_boy]

yeah i've noticed that too. strange for a primarily RCR truck to respond to that stuff.

[strikeathird]

Mt guess would be things like entry equipment.  Heavy power saws, cutters, BA, and manpower...

Maybe ring MFS and ask ?????

[probie_boy]

eh, I don't wanna find out that bad

[strikeathird]

ha, nor do i. Was more a point that by the time the call was made and the "CORRECT" answer was sourced, there wouldn't need to be 40 posts and 3 pages worth of comments in this thread...     :-P

[pumprescue]

204 responds for man power and tools, years ago the 204 appliance had a pump on it but the last two bodies on the Volvo and scania have had no pump. If 204 did not attend they would have to respond a third pump from an out station or 202. 204 and 5 are the first trucks to go home from alarms so in 99% of cases they don't need the truck but as we have seen in recent days they are their ready for the big one.

[PF_]

This kinda fits in the topic here

At MFS HQ do the fireys turn out with the same truck every single time on shift, eg always the same crews for 204, 205 etc or do they change after every tour and use all the trucks?  (Does that make enough sense)

[strikeathird]

This kinda fits in the topic here

At MFS HQ do the fireys turn out with the same truck every single time on shift, eg always the same crews for 204, 205 etc or do they change after every tour and use all the trucks?  (Does that make enough sense)

I know you rotate through the positions on the truck (except OIC), but I believe the crews are set for a period of time / till you change to another truck...

[PF_]

Yeah, driver/pump man, nozzle man, gopher etc gets cycled through on the same truck. But do they use another appliance on other day's?

[strikeathird]

I dont believe so, I think the crews are rostered to a set truck for a certain amount of time..

Where'd you get the gopher from ?  Two guys in the back work as a team.

[PF_]

Read it in a book about QFRS.  I know there is always a back up nozzleman, maybe they are the gopher.

OIC
Driver/Pump-no.2
branchman-no.1
gopher-no.3

[Toast]

Nozzleman? What you are? A yank?

[PF_]

No Im an aussie

branchman, number 1, hose dude, water boy, whatever floats your boat...

A lot of info I read and movies Ive seen are yankie movies so I just picked up a yankee term, anyone got links to aussie files with info?

[strikeathird]

Not really the thing they would waste paper on mate.. More of a knowledge thing / exp. on the job type of knowledge..

FYI - Don't think we are as wanky as to call ourselves branch men, hosemen, etc etc.  Officer turns around on the way to the call and says...  " Can you grab a HP line, and *blah* can you back him up. "

[PF_]

Ive never heard the term's used, only in training once when they said work it out between youse who is branchman, no.3 etc.  usually its just someone come grab a branch.

[strikeathird]

Roger.


Like I said it comes with exp etc.  After a while it comes quite naturally, and with good crews the officer has to say very little...

[Toast]

OIC, Driver/Pump operator, No.1, No.2 ?

[PF_]

Driver/pump is no.2

Backupbranchman is no.3

[strikeathird]

I think you will find every job will be different, and just cause the guy  sitting in the rear passenger side had the hose on the first call, may not neccasarilly do the same the call after... 


Making this into something more difficuly than pythagoras's(sp) theory !

[medevac]

was under the impression its number 1 and number 2...

[probie_boy]

quite frankly, who cares?

you have several people on your appliance and you call them by their names, not "branchman no. 2"

people respond better to being called their name, than "driver", or "branchman 2"

[bajdas]

was under the impression its number 1 and number 2...

Could sound like a scene from StarTrek.
"fire when ready, number 1" :evil:

[PF_]

I think its more like "John, you take the branch, Simon, youre no.3, back him up."  Or John will say "Ill take ther branch" and so he beocmes the branchman, I dont think they go around calling each other no.1, no.3 like some cult.

Any MFS, or CFS who work this way people out there care to elaborate on exactly how its done  :-P

[strikeathird]

ITs doen just like probie and I have said.


EG


"Dave, grab the filtered high pressure line mate and go in the front door with chris, ill put out a second alarm"..


So don't make it complicated with all these numbers and crap, dont think anyone has ever used them / does use them.