SA Firefighter

I Came accross this link http://www.janesville.bz/pdf/USAUserGuide.pdf

It is the user guide for one of Lion Apparels Structure garments. It seems like a pretty standard thing for all their Turnout gear.

There is plenty of info on the Lion Site... just have a browse and come back and discuss some the points "straight from the horses mouth"

http://www.lionpsg.bz/

Also interesting to note: The Website states that NO firefighting material should be subject to any sunlight... Didnt find anything about not bunkering the gear though.

There should be guidelines for all "station wear" but first there needs to a aggreement as to what the differences are between station wear and casual/recreation wear.

heres what i think.
Station wear is the prescribed uniform for use at training and prolonged incidents, Public relation etc. this usually means short sleeves t shirts and long sleeved workshirts along with windsheaters. (either blue or green)

Casual recreation wear is the polo shirts, polar fleece tops, aussie firefighter tops etc. bascially everything that isnt station wear.

i believe that the star should be allowed to be used on station wear only. as for the amount of different prints on the back of "station wear" there should be some something standard.

theres the typical

FIRE     FIRE             sa country
          &                  FIRE
        RESCUE             service

but what would people think of having a print on the back identifying the brigade and there specialties

For Example:   
                                                 
                                                                                                                     
            F I R E                               
            RESCUE
            HAZMAT
for someone like burnside but if the brigade was just normal it would plainly be fire or if they were and rcr brigade fire and rescue...

My opinion only... (apologies for the dodgy diagram things lol)

No difference......150 calls, 2000-5000 more houses, medium to large shopping complexes, several schools, several arterial roads, mulitple industrial sites and service stations. 

Although no CFS area is the same there are similarities but there is also a huge difference between Coomandook and Morphett Vale or Burnside and Kalangadoo

Ok, Whats the real CFS then mate... there is a huge difference in needs for brigades! you cant just have one association for your Salisburys and the infamous Kalangadoo. Different needs, people, equipment and huge difference in brigade activity.

Why the hell would you have 2-3 crews? you only have one truck!!!

Thats what i thought... The CFA stations are awesome! has anyone seen the station in Lorne. its co-located with the rural ambulance with 3 cfa bays and 2 ambulance. its two story so i can only imagine how much space there is up there, yet they only do 50 - 100 calls a year!

Apparently Kalangadoo is the first CFS Fire Station to get Glass Doors...

i think blackwood is about 160

Somewhere between there...   195 - 200 Calls

Any explantations as too why they havnt isolated the Fixed Alarm the cinemas at Mount Barker? 

Blackwood have won the CFS RCR Comps for the every year since 96 and plenty of times before that...