Author Topic: First Fire (Read 34735 times)

PF_ · « **on:** January 03, 2006, 03:50:02 PM »

"It's your first fire kid, are you ready to break your cherry?"

What was your first fire?

TillerMan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2006, 06:41:43 PM »

Grass fire approx 1 hectare, just me and the cap in 14.

backburn · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2006, 06:52:16 PM »

Reported as a shed fire but found shed, house, pickers quarters, car in carport filled up with fuel over seats and 1 inch deep on the floor, all on fire. A pay back on the owner. That was about 8 years ago

strikeathird · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2006, 09:11:14 PM »

First Job = MVA 2 persons trapped

First Fire = Car Fire.. Fully envolved.. (Not very exciting)

Mike · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2006, 06:27:07 AM »

First Job = MVA, Commodore Vs Offle truck (semi) - fatal
First Fire = Reed fire on the outskirts of town.

CyberCitizen · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2006, 07:25:00 AM »

First Job = MVA, Car + Trailer Lost Control Strong Winds. Trailer Ended Up Straddling The Guard Rail, One Wheel Either Side, Had To Use The Cut Off Saw To Remove The Rail.

First Fire = Grass Fire At A Vineyard, Mostly Blacking Out.

mengcfs · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2006, 09:28:14 AM »

First fire and job.
20Ha fire. Started as a dump fire, quickly spread to a running grass fire, jumped the road and burnt 20Ha of scrub just behind the township. Left school to attend. What an insight into the CFS. Trucks from everywhere, a bomber and command cars racing everywhere. Almost ten years ago. I guess first impressions do impress!!!
Adam.

Steveg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2006, 10:49:00 AM »

jeez, now i just feel boring- first job was a fixed alarm, first actual fire was a grass fire in the base of a quarry, just the reeds that tend to grow in the mud...

Mike · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2006, 10:52:36 AM »

Its all in the timing steve! Fixed Alarms have been the first call for many of our members....

PF_ · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2006, 12:17:33 PM »

One day that fixed alarm will turn out to be a fire.

Still waiting to have any first call out here (as I said in another place am doing level 1 this weekend and next)

I wonder what it will be...

fire03rescue · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2006, 12:48:59 PM »

cat up a tree !

MATTE · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2006, 01:39:49 PM »

First Job = Funnily enough Animal Rescue Cat up Tree
First Fire = Bathroom Fan Fire :0

CyberCitizen · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2006, 01:56:38 PM »

Quote from: P_F on January 05, 2006, 12:17:33 PM

I wonder what it will be...

One Of The Bridages Members First Job Was A Sh!t Job. Thats The Truth, Compost & Hay Fire.

Alan (Big Al) · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2006, 03:20:14 PM »

First job: Removing a large deceased person from the local Lions Park, in the process the persons hand came out from under the sheet and fell on mine, being only just 16 at the time i stiil haven't forgotten that call and thats nearly 10 years ago.

As for first fire i can't remember so it musn't have been much!!

medevac · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2006, 07:20:42 AM »

all about picking the appropriate crew mundcfs - not too sure id let a 16 y.o. anywhere near a dead body... especially not just to move it.

first call and fire = small grassie.. mostly mop-up as we were beatent there by the primary CFS and MFS - time for some knapsack work.

Robert-Robert34 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2006, 07:25:28 AM »

First Fire = Small pine slash fire out back of Glencoe Forestry Nursery already out on our trucks arrival because of bomber and Forestry SA fire crews

Second MVA=Apple truck rollover

kat · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:25:46 PM »

Not sure I remember, but I certainly one way back in the early days that I thought would be nothing - I was actually there for quite some time before I realised that the fire in front of me (it WAS dark and a long way off the road) was a fully involved structure fire. So I guess the first few I'd been to hadn't been much. I was in so much shock I had NO IDEA what to do. One of the lieutenants pulled me to the side and asked me if I was drunk!!!

Alan (Big Al) · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:33:25 PM »

Yeah kat i know what you mean but at the time of call the person wasn't deceased and the patient being large all crew at the scene were needed to carry the person out. But as always if you don't try you don't know and I've definitely suffered no ill effects (I THINK)lol

.

But definitely agree that young F.F shouldn't be exposed unless absolutely necessary!!!

Robert-Robert34 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:53:04 PM »

I wasnt exposed to my first big fire until i was 16 1/2-17 and it was a scrub fire at the Furner Quarry of course this fire was going whilst i was at my 2nd Industrial fire in Nangwarry

Alan (Big Al) · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:15:19 PM »

Quote from: mundcfs on January 07, 2006, 02:33:25 PM

Yeah kat i know what you mean but at the time of call the person wasn't deceased and the patient being large all crew at the scene were needed to carry the person out. But as always if you don't try you don't know and I've definitely suffered no ill effects (I THINK)lol .

But definitely agree that young F.F shouldn't be exposed unless absolutely necessary!!!

Sorry kat got mixed up with the names my last post was meant to be directed to medevac!!

oz fire · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:25:24 PM »

First incident attended was a fire alarm (ah those were the days, you could set your watch by the toast burning)

First going was was a fully involved structure fire - mmmmm very stressful, trying to sink the standpipe when it and I had only been introduced two weeks before!!!

Firey9119 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 13, 2006, 10:58:40 AM »

first fire: house fire going end to end 1x fatel long night

Morgan · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2006, 07:03:28 PM »

First fire was a house fire with a difference:

Caller told us house was fully engulfed but he was in the house??!!

Upon arrival found one house, fully engulfed, with railway sleepers against side of wall and empty jerry can in front yard.....

even at 16 I could tell something was NOT right!!

Morgan
ex CFS: Ardrossan Brigade

rescue5271 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2006, 03:19:00 PM »

Large scrub fire week before ash wednesday that took days to mop up,second job was a very large fire that went on for weeks.. ASH WEDNESDAY..............

PF_ · « **Reply #24 on:** January 15, 2006, 06:04:26 PM »

Completed BFF1 so now I am an official firefighter

Now have to wait until I get a pager and see what my first call out and ifre will be.

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