Mr Darius, its got stuff all to do with CFS/SES - personally I don't give a toss which service does what. If you don't believe me read a very early post around one service for SA in which I agreed with Numbers (in theory anyway) that there should be one service. Or that brigades could raise there own unit.
What I am saying is when it comes to appropriate resource, how would anyone outside of your local CFS group know what would be the resource.
If you read back through this thread - SES was used as an example.
However when the shoe is on the other foot - i.e SAMFS is the closest resource but don't get called & we have to wait half an hour or more for a half crewed CFS truck (which has driven past another brigade shed to get to the location), some of you guys go into denial. And the CFS house needs a good tidy up itself before throwing rocks at others glass houses.
Finally "And Rainer already explained why (I wouldn't have justified anything if I was him by the way, he is answerable to the group management and up the chain, not you, but anyway)." this seemed a wierd comment to make to a fellow member of the service that votes its officers in & prides itself on being made up of community members & remember Numbers pays ESL like everyone else (including me) so why aren't we entitled to ask questions? Especially when it involves a potential waste of those limited dollars? Remember everytime you start a truck, turn on a GRN or a light your budget is being spent!
So mate remember when you don your Yellow Nomex (or PBI Gold) & drive your trucks to a scene (whether they be White or Red) you are serving the community & we are intitled to the best, most efficient, most professional & cost effective service you can provide.
Great response by the way Numbers
totally agree
cheers