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Mike:
New skills are something i look forward to learning about. Keeps life interesting.

Anyways, as for the army.... The only reason Army resourses can be used at an **emergency** incident is if all other resourses have been exhausted. Apparently even then it takes a bit to get them out.....

oz fire:
Lets be realistic - the army - yea, for a CBR/terrorism incident yes - good call - but for a hazmat, forget it - the time it takes the squadron to be released to assist the civil community, travel, arrive and then set up, we can have the equipment that the two fire services have set up, used, packed up and going home.

WE (SA fire services) own similar mass casualty docon units to those used by the ADF and we have people trained in them - also MFS will send a team with it to assist in setting it up - it's not a big job and 4 people can do it in less an 20 mins - not allot of training requred either - just a good leader.

As for atmospheric monitoring - there are already brigades with the equipment and it's only a one day course!!!!

Once day it will be common - search the web, read some of the papers - if you knew what you were being exposed to at rural fires you would think twice, or in the area smoke (ie what falls out from the main plume)from a structure fire, bin fire, car fire and alike - atmospheric monitoring isn't hard and it's a great tool for all situations!

Steve if you guys at Eden want a good night - get Neil to approach Benrdon (Upper Sturt Capt) for an informative training night on atmospheric monitoring - it's definitely worth it and he knows his stuff - after all he is the accredited training provider :-D

Steveg:
allright, perhaps using the army as my example was a bit far-fetched.
Obviously, from what everybody tells me, the atmospheric monitoring is not as complex as people have been led to believe. (not being a hazmat operator, i have not read the book).
If CFS brigades are going to be carrying atmos monitoring gear, and its not as complicated to use as i thought, then sure, its a great idea.

i guess it does boil down to the simple fact that we do have to keep evolving, and improving the way we do things, and learning about new products & technology.

strikeathird:
In relation to the ADF, there would be no question as to there involvement if there was a Terror related incident, but I think MFS / CFS can suffice for most duties.

I think I read some where, that if exposed to a grass fire for more than 2 hours (breathing in smoke, etc)  , its the same as smoking for a couple of months....

Nasty stuff...   But,  some one has to do it.    :-)

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