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littlejohn:
The release last year of the SAFF/CFS farm fire unit guidelines were intended (?) to encourage better cooperation between CFS & farm units, and go some way to countering the SHQ order some years ago that there was to be no contact by CFS with these units (or so my GO tells me). Plus covering a few other issues such as safety etc etc.

Has anyone experienced a change in cooperation or tactics etc which work (or not!), or has it been business as usual (a continuation of your brigade/group's previous attitude to this, whatever that was!)?

(and by no means do I want to go down the path of the last private unit thread, so please stay away from that if possible!)

mengcfs:
As with anything to do with farm/private units, i guess it is what works best for your area.
We held an info/brainstorming session in relation to the joint guidelines between CFS and farm/private units and the night proved to be most successful. Ideas were thrown around from both CFS and farmers and put on the board. At the end of the night a list of 'To do's' were produced so we can help each other.
Not nearly a few days later we attended a fire on a farm and low and behold all the ideas were put into action already. This included farmers who didn't have one, put in a UHF, farmers to put a pre determined ID on their tanks, CFS to issue T cards to farmers so we can keep track of them, and CFS trucks to make contact with farm units on scene to make a sort of strike team (1 CFS truck:2-3 private units).  All seems to be working well.
OK fingers sore now. The end.

Pipster:
My area doesn't really have farm units, but I was working on an IMT in Coonalpyn, and the numerous farm units were calling in on the phone to the base, advising that they were out there, who was on their vehicle, and where they were - only thing is that we didn't have an IMT form to put it all down on!!

I was speaking to a few other people from a different area who have a different sort of system, in that farm units turn up at a call, and "attach" themselves to the appliance from their own area, and follow it around - they guys from that area seemed happy with the way that was working....

Pip

5271rescue:
In our area we new get the private units to fill in a T CARD and we log them into the system that way. Private units must first report to the command car or to the first CFS appliance that arrives on the scene. They also call us at base and see if and where they are needed.

JC:
From my experience while working at national sparks , farm units tend to just attach themselves to the trucks working in there area or sector, most are very handy as the local knowledge is good to have re. water/wind/tracks etc, but some wont give you the time of day and get quite annoyed when you come on to there property to try and help them.

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