SA Firefighter

Quote from: track400m on May 11, 2011, 01:09:56 PM
if you have a look at the time of day at the same time it seems to me there struggling to get day crews with what i have herd theres a few stations in that area struggling to get day crews i think adelaide fire really needs to do a risk assesment of the area

Unfortunately this a big problem for pretty much all country towns regardless of whether it has CFS or MFS retained.

I believe he went to the opening for Hamley Bridge stn and will be going to Balaklava stn opening

They can always send the Dennis up to us we've got and empty bay it can sit in :)

We still use our siren like most others mainly to get more crews, However our community actually want us to use it so that they are aware of something going on in the area. We had a stint a while back where the siren burnt out and so was off line for a time and we had complaints coming in from the community about it not being used before we could tell them it was broken.

What exactly is AIRS IN & AIRS OUT?

BA is just one of the affected in field qualifications Chainsaw operators is another that is an issue.

Quote from: Bill on December 20, 2010, 08:16:55 AM
Some brigade Captains will approve all P1/P2 drivers after a period of holding a truck licence and they will then encourage you to go on and do the driver course which CFS have on offer.  I would hope that the days of getting your truck licence one day and driving P1 the same day are long gone,But I am sure that some brigades still allow it.

I know of one brigade who make their new drivers wait 6months before they can drive P1 and that works well for them and the group....

Again thats all well and good for brigades with driver\members coming out of the woodwork but not for brigades struggling with numbers.

Just curious to find out if I'm the only one who thinks SFEC's are totally crap when it comes to determining a brigades ability to operate properly ie: BA SFEC says max 4, The brigade has 4 but all can only respond at night or weekends so you try to get people who can crew daytime weekdays on courses but can't cause a piece of paper says your trained to what you need but aren't.

Hamley station was not demolished they are still in it So it is still business as usual for them, Balaklava while without a fully built station have most of there gear stored in an Alternate location while Wakefield Plains group is running out of an alternate location with most of it's furniture and equipment stored in a neighbouring brigades station. Both are still functioning as normal.

So what they just got a bit too close to the edge did they?

Quote from: Pipster on August 17, 2010, 10:27:59 AM

Quote from: misterteddy on August 17, 2010, 06:48:23 AM
I vote for the MFS approach and staying on the bitumen  :evil:

Where's the fun in that?!

Pip

You tell him pip :)

Quote from: THE RANGER on March 13, 2010, 09:36:18 AM

Third - Every group should have a tanker for a quick response, I feel sure your group has.

Agreed and we're still waiting for one.

I'd say that as rural brigade your damn lucky to have 2 appliances, I know of an rural\urban brigade who is also one of the groups strike team brigades, cover 3 townships (4 if you count a neighbouring brigade who aren't BA with a 14) & they only have a single appliance so when it goes on strike team there are 4 towns with no cover.

Quote from: Darren on March 09, 2010, 02:59:17 PM
Officially its all second alarm and above or at the request of the IC, but in reality a large proportion respond to anything and everything.....and its freaking annoying. Some GO's/DGO's don't limit it to their own group either !!

Bingo Couldn't have said it better myself

Quote from: mattthefirey on February 15, 2010, 04:35:49 PM
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curumulka 34
http://www.pickles.com.au/trucks/item/CP-06-90-Hino-Ranger-Cab-Chassis/itemid-1-502095332/lotid-0

Minlaton 34
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Anyone have any photos of minlaton 34, They don't seem to be in this link anymore

Quote from: CFS_Firey on January 17, 2010, 11:30:40 AM

Quote from: malleefire on January 16, 2010, 05:30:16 PM
I think the green is good to look at who wants to look like another service some may say it it is a form of jealousy.

As Bundy said, if we wear green we'll look like SAAS, if we wear blue we'll look like SAMFS.  Wouldn't it be better to look like a fire service?

Have to disagree there, Some countries have blue fire appliance does that make them look like police cars, no, so CFS wearing green won't make us look like SAAS

I like the green it makes us look distinctive and look as good as blue, if you want to look like the met's go buy some red spray cans and paint ya truck. As for being on the same team, we are two different services with the same goal that doesn't mean we have to look the same. Any way the colour green has been associated with the CFS for a long time.I like looking different esspecial since the general metro populis and some country seem to think that we are part of the met's already, And to anyone who thinks it makes us look like ambos I got a pair of specs for ya.

Quote from: CFSFirey661 on December 29, 2009, 05:05:49 PM

Quote from: SA Firey on December 23, 2009, 08:10:06 AM
The pay :lol:

:-D and double on public holidays!! Whats 2 times $0??  :lol:

And triple time on christmas day

Hard to pick one response cause I can identify with more than a few of the answers posed.

Has Booleroo got that 14 yet

Quote from: Darren on June 12, 2009, 06:44:38 PM
How did they do BFF 1 without full level 1 PPE?

Second hand sufficent for training is issued, Their actual proper new gear is not ordered until completion of the course. (previously we ordered ppe and then they left before doing the course)

Quote from: CFS_Firey on June 08, 2009, 11:22:54 AM

Quote from: Bill Corcoran on June 08, 2009, 06:26:29 AM
Lets all hope that the new BFF1 is shorter and that we are able to get members onto appliances alot sooner,...

Didn't everyone in this thread just agree that the length was fine?

..and exactly how much quicker will you 'get members onto appliances' when the course is only two and a bit days to start off with?  1 day?

Add to that they can't get on the truck until they have full level one ppe, regardless of how quick they finish the course

Quote from: KDOO_BTO on May 06, 2009, 08:43:54 AM
a brigade who's captain doesn't beleive in training

WHAT, You've Gotta Be joking. Last time I checked the capt is ultimatly responsible for all aspects of the brigade (including training), Not believing in training is like not believing in your crew, I would even think it would come under duty of care, OHS or something.

Quote from: tft on April 02, 2009, 10:07:47 AM
How hard is it to get it right for PBI Gold
Step 1 - BA COURSE
Step 2 - Get sized up on BA course
Step 3 - Order PBI gold
Step 4 - Send the PBI gold out
If they are going to have 5 BA courses  a year with 12 firefighters on a course, it's not hard to do the maths.

Fine if step 2 actually happens, One of my operators did his course but wern't sized up, neighbouring brigade same two operators did course and again not sized up, all three had to go down to Lion themselves

Quote from: RescueHazmat on January 17, 2007, 05:30:07 PM
In all honesty I think it is a much safer option for them to stay out of the "Hot zone" I guess you could call it...

Ever tried to get a GO to do that? It ain't easy