Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging

[SA Firey]

Well they got their domestic job and it was a clan lab explosion very protracted incident

[6739264]

I love people who jump all over 'lazy' vollies.

We have had times that during the day, we might at best, have 6 people available. 2 of those are shift workers, 2 are self employed and 2 of them are student. What happens when two blokes are on shift, the self employed blokes are busy and the student are studying?

Granted, it doesn't often happen, but if I have the choice of staying at work or pissing off my boss to attend a job in MFS area, that MFS will beat us to and we will almost certainly get stopped en route, what am I going to do?

[boredmatrix]

19:51:34 18-12-07 MFS: INC # 56 - 18/12/07 19:51,RESPOND Vehicle Accident,KANGARILLA CFS,KANGARILLA, MAP 0 0 0 ,,IN FRONT OF KANGARILLA CEMETRY,MDWS19 BKWD19 KANG00*CFSRES: CFS Kangarilla Response

20:16:37 18-12-07 MV171 Cat2 Kangarilla Rd, Kangarilla POLICE REQUIRED SAAS McLaren Vale


.....and you lot were bagging SAAS comms for not calling quick enough! 

there's a story about people and glasshouses and stones...but I can't remember how it goes - can anyone enlighten me??

[JC]

Fire Bug in and around the Happy Valley area maybe. 

00:27:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 3 - 19/12/07 00:26,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,2 PRIDHAM CT,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 K 6 ,,,HPPY00 CRML00 SAIR55 OHH421*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

02:11:28 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 6 - 19/12/07 02:10,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,15 BROOKS CCT,WOODCROFT, MAP 177 F 14 ,,FIRE IN CREEK BED,MRPH00 HPPY00 SAIR55 CDN431*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

04:46:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 9 - 19/12/07 04:45,RESPOND RUBBISH FIRE,SOUTHBOUND AV,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 C 13 ,,MULCH BURNING IN PLAYGROUND,SAIR55 HPPY00*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

[SA Firey]

Fire Bug in and around the Happy Valley area maybe. 

00:27:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 3 - 19/12/07 00:26,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,2 PRIDHAM CT,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 K 6 ,,,HPPY00 CRML00 SAIR55 OHH421*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

02:11:28 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 6 - 19/12/07 02:10,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,15 BROOKS CCT,WOODCROFT, MAP 177 F 14 ,,FIRE IN CREEK BED,MRPH00 HPPY00 SAIR55 CDN431*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

04:46:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 9 - 19/12/07 04:45,RESPOND RUBBISH FIRE,SOUTHBOUND AV,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 C 13 ,,MULCH BURNING IN PLAYGROUND,SAIR55 HPPY00*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

You missed one

MFS: INC # 11 - 19/12/07 05:03,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,INVESTIGATOR DR,WOODCROFT, MAP 177 G 11 ,,FIRE IN CREEK BED,MRPH00 HPPY00 SAIR55 CDN431*CFSRES:

Yeah thanks for no sleep filtered

[Zippy]

i can see what a lot of members woulda done.   "Sleep time for the pager"

[Zippy]

MFS: INC # 30 - 19/12/07 10:45,RESPOND RCR,PALMER CFS,PALMER, MAP 0 0 0 ,,TRUCK ROLLOVER 6 KMS FROM PALMER ON THE PALMER TO MURRAY BRIDGE ROADNEAR RIEDY CREEK

Palmer                    1045AM
Mannum & Mt Pleasant 1051AM
SES Murray Bridge      1053AM

Could comm's do a bit of thinking before paging just a Fire Only responding brigade, it'd get things running smoother and quicker for incidents. Its quite easy to know a single brigade that doesnt have RCR equipment other than a Toolbox cant deal with a Truck rollover themselves.  the only thing that helps RCR brigades out in the Palmer District is 100km/h designed roads.

[SA Firey]

Reminder, unit breakup family fun night tonight, BBQ and soft drinks supplied. bring a salad. 6-30 rotary park Rankine st. Water slide so be prepared SES Strathalbyn

What about the water restrictions fellas

[SA Firey]

MFS: CFSRES MT PLEASANT ** STOP CALL** FOR MVA, PALMER, FROM MANNUM CAPTAIN 19/12/2007 10:52:39 AM CFS Mount Pleasant Response


MFS: CFSRES: MT PLEASANT RESPOND MVA TRUCK ROLLOVER, MURRAY BRIDGE - PALMER RD, 6 KMS FROM PALMER, CREW STILL REQUIRED FROM MT PLEASANT CAPT 19/12/2007 11:00:15 AM CFS Mount Pleasant Response


OOPS

[JC]

Fire Bug in and around the Happy Valley area maybe. 

00:27:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 3 - 19/12/07 00:26,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,2 PRIDHAM CT,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 K 6 ,,,HPPY00 CRML00 SAIR55 OHH421*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

02:11:28 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 6 - 19/12/07 02:10,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,15 BROOKS CCT,WOODCROFT, MAP 177 F 14 ,,FIRE IN CREEK BED,MRPH00 HPPY00 SAIR55 CDN431*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

04:46:03 19-12-07 MFS: INC # 9 - 19/12/07 04:45,RESPOND RUBBISH FIRE,SOUTHBOUND AV,ABERFOYLE PARK, MAP 166 C 13 ,,MULCH BURNING IN PLAYGROUND,SAIR55 HPPY00*CFSRES: CFS Happy Valley Response

You missed one

MFS: INC # 11 - 19/12/07 05:03,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,INVESTIGATOR DR,WOODCROFT, MAP 177 G 11 ,,FIRE IN CREEK BED,MRPH00 HPPY00 SAIR55 CDN431*CFSRES:

Yeah thanks for no sleep filtered

Hadnt had that job when i posted, fun night for the guys n girls, you would have been walking around like a zombie today.

[uniden]

Does it really make sense to respond Morphett Vale, Happy Valley and MFS to jobs in Woodcroft? Why wasnt Woodcroft divided up into areas? ie this part is Morphett Vales and this part is Happy Valleys...

[Zippy]

i totally agree,  Seems a lot of the dual response/ema work is causing a lot of grief around the fringe.

[RescueHazmat]

Why grief?.. Can't hear the crews complaining.

Grass fire, FDS, CFS area. 2 Brigades for CFS isn't it?.. + 1 from MFS due to the EMA.. - Seems to be working if you ask me.

[Zippy]

talking about "around the fringe"  all the way from Seaford to Dalkeith.  not singling out any incidents, just general consistant stop calls to incidents where MFS could easily be by themselves, or MFS leave it to CFS.

[RescueHazmat]

EMA Zippy..  =)

[mack]

Does it really make sense to respond Morphett Vale, Happy Valley and MFS to jobs in Woodcroft? Why wasnt Woodcroft divided up into areas? ie this part is Morphett Vales and this part is Happy Valleys...

woodcroft IS split between Happy and MV....

havent we heard of SOPs for minimum responses?? wow... we talk about them pretty often.

as rescuehazmat said:

Grass fire, FDS, CFS area. 2 Brigades for CFS isn't it

[pumprescue]

Don't forget Mack, 99% of CFS brigades don't know what an SOP is, so you can't expect them to understand why these brigades such as Happy Valley and Morphett Vale do what they do. I think its very professional to cover your backside. Most brigades in the urban fringe have a setup like this, the public expect it. Bob's ute isn't acceptable in 2007 even though a large number of CFS in not so small towns still do it day in day out, with no come back, its funny how the brigades that try and do the right thing cop the most abuse from their fellow vols, yet the one's that constantly screw up never get a mention, in fact get supported by people in HQ. Sigh, makes me wonder.........  

PS: Kudos to those brigades, especially with the call rates those guys have been doing the last week or so. Makes you more appreciative of those slow spells 

[rescue5271]

I think you will find that most members are  well aware of what SOP's are and how they work the problem is that CFS does not explain how the busy brigade's are able to keep going the way they do. Its also well knowen that region one brigades who do EMS are by far the busiest in the state,time that we as a service stopped knocking each other and gave more support to these brigade's. CFS also needs to start looking at putting in more pumpers to these brigade's rather than part time pumpers....Its not only city brigae's that are busy some country stations are getting more work now than they ever have had before.

[uniden]

If it is split why are 2 brigades responded so often?

SOP is 2 appliances not necesarrily 2 brigades. Happy Valley has 3 units and Morphett Vale 2 last I heard...

[mattb]

If it is split why are 2 brigades responded so often?

SOP is 2 appliances not necesarrily 2 brigades. Happy Valley has 3 units and Morphett Vale 2 last I heard...

Because neither brigade can guarantee two appliances every time. Thefore to ensure that appropriate B.A. backup is responding to C Class and above incidents two brigades are responded.

For info Morphett Vale has a 24P, 24 and a 14 CAFS.

[rescue5271]

In metro area's you should always  page two brigade's and send one appliance from each station,how ever that does not work in the country as some brigades are 45km apart.....or more.....

[mack]

If it is split why are 2 brigades responded so often?

SOP is 2 appliances not necesarrily 2 brigades. Happy Valley has 3 units and Morphett Vale 2 last I heard...

So is there any single brigade that can 100% guarantee they can respond one, let alone two, appliance to an incident 24/7... and in a timely manner?

I think you will find that most members are  well aware of what SOP's are and how they work the problem is that CFS does not explain how the busy brigade's are able to keep going the way they do.

was that meant to say "how the busy brigades are meant to keep"??

otherwise i think there are only two words that explain it for you; professionalism & commitment.

[mack]

Good timing...



1908919 19:31:55 22-12-07 FIVE PERSONS REQUIRED FOR B SHIFT PLEASE PHONE 0438801329
MBKR: Mt Barker (Station 127) CFS Brigade Page - Admin/Info

19:34:57 22-12-07 MFS: INC # 121 - 22/12/07 19:34,RESPOND Vehicle Accident,NORTH RD,NAIRNE, MAP 162 A 8 ,,CORNER SYDNEY RD CAR INTO CREEK,MBKR19 NAIR00*CFSRES:
MBKR: Mt Barker (Station 127) CFS Brigade Page - Response

[rescue5271]

1919413 16:55:20 23-12-07 MFS: INC # 36 - 23/12/07 16:55,RESPOND To,MANNUM CFS,MANNUM, MAP 0 0 0 ,,SETUP OVAL FOR LANDING SITE .RESCUE 1 ETA 1700HRS. FROM MANNUM CAPTAIN,MNNM19*CFSRES: CFS Ridley Group Officers Response


Well thanks for the short notice,yet again......

[alphaone]

F70 WITH THE STATE OF THE CALL TAKING SHE COULD BE DEAD BY THE TIME YOU GET THERE SAAS Fulham


Ummmm, I think someone in SAAS comms dont like some procedures