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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #100 on: June 09, 2006, 05:37:04 PM »
I believe it is the old 'Stirling North 34' rego WDO503.

It is currently being refurbished at Hillier crash and then sent to Kalangadoo.
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #101 on: June 09, 2006, 06:19:51 PM »
From what our brigade was told we were getting a refurbished 34 appliance from another brigade within our division but i am glad that someone has clarified where the refurbished 34 is coming from so now i can keep it a secret and let everyone else in my brigade find out for themselves  :-D
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #102 on: June 09, 2006, 06:46:54 PM »
Quote from: Robert34 on June 09, 2006, 06:19:51 PM
division

its a group robert... group.
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #103 on: June 09, 2006, 06:58:51 PM »
you never know new truck might = new/more members  :?
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #104 on: June 09, 2006, 07:02:12 PM »
that would be good! :wink:
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #105 on: June 09, 2006, 07:10:42 PM »
Robert,don't count ya chickens or have a party till its in your station,names can be changed best the brigade contact your nice GO and ask him if he knows anything....
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #106 on: June 28, 2006, 09:07:33 PM »
After 19 years of faithful service the old Kalangadoo 34 is going into retirement  :-( as we got our refurbished Kalangadoo 34 tonight with some current members & retired ones there to greet its arrival :-)
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #107 on: June 28, 2006, 10:33:25 PM »
alright robert! did you cry when you realised you had an appliance that didn't run on leaded petrol? ha good job mate, enjoy!
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #108 on: June 29, 2006, 06:37:58 AM »
Now you have the refurb 34 time to get out and do some recruitment work Robert and get some new blood into that brigade down there.........
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #109 on: June 29, 2006, 08:32:30 AM »
Well actually firetruck i was quite surprised it came last night and it turns out our refurbished appliance came from Stirling North and was also used as an RCR truck somewhere up near Port Augusta

Its very different to our other truck as it has many features that most of the newer 34 appliances have such as a spray bar,pump starter where the crew sits,electric primer (no more hand priming) and a automatic hose winder as well as extra lockers to store equipment

We did ask our DGO for a chainsaw when asked do we need anything else but it seems very doubtful because SES & Council are responsible for trees over road not CFS he said
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #110 on: June 29, 2006, 09:11:02 AM »
out of the dark ages eh
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #111 on: June 29, 2006, 10:09:12 AM »
mate keep fighting the good fight, you guys need to have the chainsaw to shut the SES out...
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #112 on: June 29, 2006, 10:15:48 AM »
Quote from: pumprescue on June 29, 2006, 10:09:12 AM
mate keep fighting the good fight, you guys need to have the chainsaw to shut the SES out...

WTF..... !!!!!!
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #113 on: June 29, 2006, 11:04:20 AM »
Yeah tell your Group Officer to pull his head out of the sand Robert, the SES cant be everywhere when a big storm comes through and it's very likely that the CFS will be responsible for cutting up some trees.

Once you have a chainsaw on board you can also perform some cool roof ventilation techniques or RCR cuts like the yanks do.

Go the Stihl...
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #114 on: June 29, 2006, 11:31:18 AM »
Quote from: Robert34 on June 29, 2006, 08:32:30 AM
....We did ask our DGO for a chainsaw when asked do we need anything else but it seems very doubtful because SES & Council are responsible for trees over road not CFS he said

That would take the nearest SES Unit a looooong time to travel to your area for a 'tree across the road'. I hope the council after-hours crew is quick, otherwise I imagine you will be sitting at a road block for a long time.

Would Naracoorte CFS be the next nearest with a chain-saw ?
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #115 on: June 29, 2006, 04:12:28 PM »
Well actually bajdas the closest SES unit is Millicent and plus we have Wattle Range Council Rapid Response but the closest CFS brigade with a chainsaw is Penola
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #116 on: June 30, 2006, 08:40:39 PM »
Well called into the doo,today and took some photos of the refurb 34(old stirling north 34) looks good in there station only needs to have the gear put back on it before they get paged for a job :roll: I hope that with the new appliances that they can recruit some new filtered for the brigade....
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #117 on: July 01, 2006, 04:10:06 AM »
Always nice to hear you can recieve a new appliance and forget to load it up...
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #118 on: July 01, 2006, 08:47:06 AM »
slack...
Stuff like that gives the CFS a bad name
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #119 on: July 01, 2006, 09:21:02 AM »
I agree fire03rescue it is slack as the only equipment thats on it currently is the tool box,safety vests and ropes everything else is laying on the station floor at the back of our truck :cry:
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #120 on: July 01, 2006, 09:24:04 AM »
The appliance should have come with new gear rather than swap over gear from their old 34,that way rural brigades would have better equipment.....
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #121 on: July 02, 2006, 08:52:44 AM »
do rural brigades doing 4 jobs a year need brand new equipment... would be nice, but with all the comments being made about budgets by members on here i would have thought youd be scrounging every penny..

might be a good idea to whack the hoses/standpipe/branches back on, eh robert? not much of a firetruck without basics like that lol.
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #122 on: July 02, 2006, 09:48:26 AM »
Some rural brigade's I have visited of late have VERY OLD and I do mean VERY OLD gear,like from the dark days....
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #123 on: July 02, 2006, 10:26:10 AM »
Are'nt these appliances supposed to be fitted out with the best of the gear that come in off the retired trucks? I know when we got our truck changed over some of the hoses etc were still very good usable hoses.
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Re: Kalangadoo CFS
« Reply #124 on: July 02, 2006, 11:05:50 AM »
The good news is we do have the standpipe and hydrant on the truck but thats it  :-(
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