Combining CFS Brigades / Units

[Baxter]

After spending some time around home with family and friends we looked at some of the  brigades or units that we are members of and with a little bit of assistance from the promo website we found some like us where we are part of the two services i.e. SES and CFS.

The question posed is not designed for the lets amalgamate the two services thread that rears it head now and then.

Presently we have one piece of legislation that governs the services, one lot of VSO that are shared between the services and that where two the services cohabit the costs are shared.

But what is not shared or rather duplicated is that of administration, other papper work and training.

If we can share, combine and pool other resources why can't we do the same administration and training where eventhing seems to be duplicated as it it is part of some empire that each service wants.

In times where the cost of providing the services is difficult enough would any cost cutting that is sensible be worthwhile exploring. i.e  one Registered Training Organization as opposed to two one State Training Centre as opposed to two. One lot of asset auditing or financial returns. With the savings  we could always put it back into the services to support those that have given up so much and maybe attract some new ones

Your thoughts people

[crashndash]

stay tuned Mallee....this was a fundamental KPI for the new SAFECOM Learning Coordinator that was hired at the start of the year, who has the absolute support of the SAFECOM Management team to transition to a much more efficient system within 5 years.

And don't think its limited to Orange and Yellow.....Red and even Blue (or what ever colour them pesky boatie rescue types are) are in the mix.

Finally some sanity.... all organisations trained by the best available SPECIALISTS in the role....not just the person willing a gap....now isnt that a nice dream

[bajdas]

I hope they can work through the politics and get rid of the duplication...

An interesting comment heard recently was that one of the issues was different brand of equipment being used means slightly different Training Resource Kit.

So for common equipment would the four services ever go the same brand/type ?

[Baxter]

So for common equipment would the four services ever go the same brand/type ?

If this is a road crash thing then I would say some one to worried about the hole in the dognut not the dognut itself.

Some station in the state or units are claiming third world conditions. A neighbouring unit to mine  has mottled collection of garages that makes  up the base where as the brigade I am from as the captain reported lat week at training that the wall that are breaking away have asbestos in them and historical some white ant damage. both organization share and combine to save costs when ever they can.

When SAFECOM or SES HQ or CFS HQ get into gear and recognise that sometime if you not on the same site does not mean you can't share costs or other resources it just means you need some creative solutions

[Darren]

Or why maintain several buildings in these small towns when you all end up doing the same job....still don't see what it achieves having seperate services....just costs more money to run.