MFS Appliance Responses

[PF_]

yeah but the term's are used, "who is branchman/no.1?"  etc you know what I mean, but they wouldnt go around calling each other no.1, branchman they would use name like youse said. 

Geez, Ive really made a mountain out of a mole hill here

[medevac]

agree with everyone basically, and im just being a nob... but;

isnt it common knowledge that there is number one tow and three when it comes to carting a HP or other hoseline around??? as in;

number one; on the branch
number two; knee in number ones back
number three; taking some pressure of one and two by dragging hose...

or is that just my brigades thing

[Toast]

Haha, yeah if you are lucky enough to get that many crew There is a book, the one I THINK PF is referring to, that suggests how the QRFS do it, its an odd number system. Yet I think were all getting confused by position names for instruction on how something should be done eg No.1 has the branch, No.2 drags the living filtered out of the hose, for instruction as to how things are meant to take place.


Also, nice to see the filter is broken

[medevac]

Also, nice to see the filter is broken

they forgot the obvious words... lol

[Mike]

These things happen occasionally.... 

[K99]

Technically the OIC would say as you arrived at a job, "I want 2 high pressures, crew get to work"

Normally speaking " Get out 2 high pressures"

Or the OIC would just use your names.

  P.S You dont need back up when using HP

[PF_]

Haha, yeah if you are lucky enough to get that many crew There is a book, the one I THINK PF is referring to, that suggests how the QRFS do it, its an odd number system.

Correct.

[medevac]

  P.S You dont need back up when using HP

PS i guess that depends on what dodgy donkey truck your runningon... and what pressure your using... and your personal ability...

[strikeathird]

Woops.. hope that wasn't my bad...  lol ...






Medevac, yea I know the positions you refer two, and yes that is correct, but my point was more that you never call them that on a job, or refer to them on the way to the job..

Well.. I have never heard it with the multiple brigades I have been apart of.

[OLd School Firey]

The numbering of crew refers back to the days of the hose cart training method and the four man hose drill. No 1. Branch to scene of fire, No 2. Harden couplings and back up No 1, No 3 Clear hose and connect to water source, No 4 Sink Standpipe and turn on. The Officer gave the commands by way of a whistle.
This was then changed to the fire appliance, where No 1 was the firefighter responsible for taking the branch to the scene of the fire, No 2 was to assist No 1 and back him up if reqired - remember the hose they were using were all 64mm caanvas with a straight bore branch. The driver became No 3 and 4 and his job was to get water to the branch and then get water into the truck (sink a standpipe). The Officer was not part of the numbering system as he still require to size up and give commands.

On 204 the crews responsibilites at fire alarms are the rescue crew and they are to carry out a search and rescue of the floor above the fire floor. This is in preparation of a worst case scenerio.