CFS responding with MFS in MFS area

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"negotiated"

I'm not sure if a local negotiation can override the SOP's COSO's?

It would be fine if CFS didn't use the SFEC 'minimum' as the maximum and stop training people when the minimum is reached.

[pumprescue]

Yeah its a real pain, region said to my brigade that we won't be putting anyone else from your brigade through as you have reched your minimum and there are others in your group that have less operators than BA sets. Yes I appreciate that, but those said brigades haven't had a BA job in a number of years and don't actually have anyone interested in doing the course yet we have people champing at the bit, which would alleviate the must have 4 BA issue and the fact that we attend a number of BA incidents a year.
Its a vicious circle isn't it, gotta have this but can't have that. What can we do, "Adelaide Fire such and such pumper mobile with 2 BA as we can't get any more people on courses over"

[Zippy]

hahahaha good stuff Pumprescue.

Yeah, damm right the Minimum is the Real Maximum.

At least more current BA operators can do CFB now, since SFEC's for that were more than quadrupled.

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At least more current BA operators can do CFB now, since SFEC's for that were more than quadrupled.

I'm still at a loss as to why CFB is given a number under SFEC. Unless the numbers for BA and CFB are the same, this is rediculous.

Its not a specialist skill akin to CABA/RCR/HAZMAT, and it should be available to everyone who completes CABA. Simple as that. No use having 16BA positions and 10 CFBT.

[Zippy]

well it went from 2 to 16.