SA Firefighter

Chook
You seem to be so bent out of shape about the fact that a SAMFS pump has a combi tool on it and is designated as second rescue into your area. I agree that they should be re equipped...How many vehicle accidents have you been to that requires us to use heavy tools.......HONESTLY.. we are manly fire coverage

Chook
Someone in COMCEN didn't know where Big Orange was...
They looked and thought Berri was closest and paged Berri...
Another operator in COMCEN called via Alerts Phone by then Appliance had already responded...Stop was already put on call when they realised it was in CFS area...
Who cares , end of day fire coverage was there...NO PROBLEMS!!

Alerts phones where used to contact SAMFS Officers and Adelaide Fire... Monash ,Glossop not required as stop was put on call on arrival...
Too many ears on GRN radio and paging ....

Very well said Pip
We will always agree to disagree as opinions are all seen different and a good healthy discussion is an excellent thing

Sorry pip but was thinking one answer and writing something else..

I'm a bit mixed up with the lingo used too
- Driving P1 P2
- Urgent duty driving
- Talking about SOP's  SES ,MFS, CFS ,SASAS ??

Was trying to Generalise the topic not get into politics of who can do what under their SOP's...

Was also trying to Generalise that Emergency driving should be no different than your normal driving, ( granted that other vehicles react different with lights /sirens on)
But I think 80+ kph in a 50 kph zone is not acceptable driving... would you not agree ??

REMEMBER WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME THING AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITEE

I JOINED THIS FORUM FOR JOINT IDEA'S ... NOT SOP's, Australian Road Rules, They sit on my shelves too

So this is the kind of Emergency Driving we are talking about ???

http://www.livevideo.com/video/Zinga68/AA6EA5A5C84C474D840794EF85B05708/gold-coast-fire.aspx

Hope you found it a amusing as i did

Chooks Quote
"mind you as officer in charge of 3 vehicles I would kick anyone in the a*** if they were returning home driving like they were driving to a response!"



How can you be officer in charge of 3 vehicles ????
You could only be in charge of one of those vehicles ???

They care when you don't charge for instalation jobs etc

You should always make your own notes at incidents, no matter how miner, Trust me should it turn to sh!t , Don't always rely on radio operator or the person in charge cos they will be too busy to remember later or even recorded it..... If you gave wallet to Police Officer Bobby at 14.20, make a note .Date ,time, Incident no, Name, Location, any Details... Remember someone at the scene last seen you with that wallet !!

Thank you Rescue Hazmat
At least some agree that you shouldn't drive a 5 tonne plus vehicle, be it an Emergency vehicle at excessive speed, Regardless if you have been woken at 2am, second call for night,let some one else drive.You may as well be driving while intoxicated. Drive like that under code green .. YOU WOULD LOOSE YOUR LICENCE !!

I agree you have special conditions under lights , be it 10 kph above the limit, but i was referring to Emergency vehicles under lights only driving 80+ kph in 50 kph zones... this is an accident around the corner as chook put it.. 
Doesn't the passenger have any say in what the driver of an emergency vehicle is doing???

Done one , very valuable, and useful

Emergency driving should be no different than your normal driving,Just because you have your beacons and sirens on doesn't make you any different than driving back to the station after the call.. you are pumped full of adrenalin and you think everyones going slower,getting in your way... Think about when the job is done and you are returning to the station (you remember all road rule ) why should it be any different...
At the scene you should always park in a defensive position anyway to protect you and your crew........

SAMFS have had many strikes over the years, but the firefighters STILL go to work. Just the paperwork etc will not be done