SA Firefighter

Um it's not the MFS getting too cocky, they don't decide it's the road crash rescue commitee. I don't know about 30K's but it is definitely time they were recognised as a road crash resource.

And yeh full time can get a pump/rescue truck out the door without having to wait for crew or going short of crew so they should do it, case closed.

Not exactly It is actually the MDT in Adelaide station, for those that don't know every station has an MDT. It is used alot for training though.

Leadership... there are always plenty of people to go on trucks.

The issue in some brigades will be getting someone to the station in 4 mins to acknowledge the page due to travelling time, this should be changed to 6 mins but i understand that the system is set up for 4 mins so i reckon it will change to 6 mins when things settle down a bit and someone has time to change the programs in the BOMS system.

There will only be 4 OCO's going even though all the paper work says 5....

It's not all that difficult is it? You have 6 minutes to acknowledge the page, that means you have 6 minutes to tell adelaide fire that at least one person in your brigade has the details, if you do not that means to adelaide fire that you have possibly not received the page and they will ring your ALERTS to see whats going on, if you don't answer your alerts they will send another brigade. It would be preferable that you acknowledge the page from the station but if someone does acknowledge the page elsewhere they should have a radio to monitor when the truck is mobile eg. a Captain or Group officer.

As part of EMA those brigades that do EMA will still have to go by the EMA rules when responding into MFS area.

2 questions/comments i have and will be saying.

1. When responding to MFS area do you have to go mobile with CFS and MFS seeing as they will be right next to each other?
2. I will just be staying on the state talkgroup until a station is on air.
 

Stuff them just stay on the regional talk group like you do now and they can do it, thats what they get paid for, i'm sure they will cope. What are they going to do sack you.

One good way is to just avoid it completely, just cut all pillers including the 'A' piller and fold the roof forward on the windscreen and it will usually just pull out and you can then take the roof away windscreen and all....

The boots are identical looking but structure boots cost a bit more, most people only get structure boots as it covers everything and weight difference would be minimal....

Yes it is a worry.....Don't forget that to make a garment structure fire rated you need the whole kit, PBI pants and coat, Structure helmet, Structure boots, Structure gloves and Flash hood.

Mmm, i think Burnsides pumper has a 400gpm 2 stage pump which as you said would have been great for it's day.

You can hook any appliance up to a Bronto even a 14 if you are desperate, just depends on how high the boom is and how much water if any you want to come out the end.

If CFS were to get heavy pumpers or pumper/tankers i would think 1 in the following groups and they can decide which brigade can use it best... Mawson, Heysen, Mt lofty, Para and maybe east Torrens and Kyeema. Maybe also down the SE and the Riverland.

I personally think the type 2 is not adequete because there are no areas in CFS that are just Flat Urban Stuff. Most of Vic is fairly flat. I would like to see an appliance with more ground clearence made, maybe a mercedes Atego. Another big thing is only one hose reel, CFS have always had 2 reels and do not have 38mm wajax fittings to make using flaked 38mm hose easy like in Vic and NSW.

I think more of a pumper tanker style appliance is the way to go maybe even with dual rear axle, One in each urban group that can do massive asset protection and can also deal with building fires, mvas etc. Also a better pump and roll system is needed with a spray bar and fire curtains. I also have no idea why CFS have gone away from Roof monitors as we seem to be getting less and less crew so a remote roof monitor could well save an exposure at a building fire. Another reason a pumper tanker would be good is you could have 4000L of water for use in areas with no mains water which there is alot of.

Yes sorry i should have said....Every house fire is 2 brigades no question and 1 has to be BA i was just thinking don't SOC know this.

Our group is like yours in some areas with limited water building fires are automatic 2nd alarms.