Slow' crews too late to save home

[strikeathird]

Unfortunately they are ruthless, and will stop at nothing for a story!  Don't worry matt, at least fellow firerys and a such, realise that the right thing was done!

[kat]

Why is our service so weak in this regard?

Surely the organisation should have defended it's operational capacaties if not it's hard working volunteers.

Imagine if it was the MFS who had these allegations made against them. Do you think the MFS or the union would have stayed quiet?

[oz fire]

GREAT post and question Kat???

We don't need to be defensive, rather we need to support ourselves and each other!

There are many times when CFS comes under verbal and written attack - maybe if we took a leaf from the other service we would not attract this or be seen as an 'easy target'!

Maybe something (yea just another item for a small workforce, who is already over worked and under payed) that HQ could look into - being on the front foot, fighting fire with fire (no excuse for pun) and being prepared to do the extra time to support us, as a service!

[strikeathird]

It is against C.O's orders to make any comment / response to the media etc.  Otherwise, I would have written to the editor / opinion page in regard to this matter.

I believe the MFS Union did go ape scheiße, and some one from the MFS actually wrote to the editor, and it was in the paper a day later...  Funnily enough, they didnt publish the letter E.Ferguson(spelling) sent to them, informing them that the times were in-correct.. etc.

Typical Media!

[oz fire]

Interesting - MFS have the same SOP (very similar) about media comment!

However as the UFU and many MFS people will acknowledge - it doesn't stop someone else from your household writing 

Just ask a particular station officer/councilor/concerned resident from down south - he's perfected this over the years and now scribes under a number of pens

[TillerMan]

Yes, i think that person is often defending a certain life saveing club too. .
 But seriously its a pitty this issue will come up forever wether we make comment or not, coz all a journo has to do is hear anyone say anything and they will right it down.
 For example when the media hear us training on the scanner and they are straight on the phone to soc to find out why there are 500 people dead in a car accident/house fire/grass fire/flooding/hazmat at stirling c.f.s station.