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SA Firefighter General / Stop Calls
« on: April 03, 2010, 10:12:45 AM »
I was looking at the pager site one day and wondering where and who has the power to issue stop call. Is it part of  an act or reg or sop or what

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Country Fire Service / Re: NOT THE TRUCK - watch this space
« on: March 08, 2010, 07:40:41 PM »
Um is there something a little bit a miss. I can understand that some poeple don't want the paid staff to know who they are but lets not go to far with guessing what we are talking about.

My weje board tells me you in the south east and that you on the limestone coast but other than that the puzzle continues. So lighten up with a bit of details or point us in the right dirrection rather than leave us in the the dark.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: February 13, 2010, 09:54:55 PM »
1908998 21:20:59 13-02-10 MFS: CFSRES INC070 13/02/10 21:19,RESPOND RCR,IRON KNOB CFS,IRON KNOB MAP 0 0 0 TG068,PORT AUGUSTA TO WHYALLA RD 15KMS FROM TH,E TANKS B - TRIPPLE ROLL OVER NO ENTRAPM,ENTS,STRL19 IRKB00
CFS Stirling response
1908991 21:20:57 13-02-10 MFS: CFSRES INC070 13/02/10 21:19,RESPOND RCR,IRON KNOB CFS,IRON KNOB MAP 0 0 0 TG068,PORT AUGUSTA TO WHYALLA RD 15KMS FROM TH,E TANKS B - TRIPPLE ROLL OVER NO ENTRAPM,ENTS,STRL19 IRKB00
CFS Lofty Group Officers response

oop's a bit far away  :-o

then we get

1919205 21:31:02 13-02-10 MFS: E INC. 070 CALL FROM SAPOL. ALOT OF DIESEL,ON THE ROAD
CFS Iron Knob response
1919203 21:31:02 13-02-10 MFS: E INC. 070 CALL FROM SAPOL. ALOT OF DIESEL,ON THE ROAD
CFS Flinders Group Officers response

how much diseal did you say


1919205 21:56:05 13-02-10 MFS: ROM SAPOL, TRUCK WAS CARRYING 14,000LITRES OF DIESEL
CFS Iron Knob response
1919203 21:56:05 13-02-10 MFS: ROM SAPOL, TRUCK WAS CARRYING 14,000LITRES OF DIESEL
CFS Flinders Group Officers response


another quiet evening

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Country Fire Service / Re: Time for action
« on: January 18, 2010, 07:40:23 PM »
I think the question you posed Baggy could be expanded to be more inclusive of the entire service to that of what can other brigades do who are not near the city to support those who are participating in the action.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Blue vs. Green shirts under turn-out gear
« on: January 18, 2010, 09:28:50 AM »
Zippy is that good cops or bad cops what za gonna b

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Country Fire Service / Re: Blue vs. Green shirts under turn-out gear
« on: January 17, 2010, 02:40:27 PM »
Well maybe all colours have a draw back to them but I can't see a problems in having both colours like we use green under our ppc and blue for station and promotion wear.

but if you insist on having one colour for all why not red goes well with the flashing on the truck hi viz at night and good for playing devils advocate at other times  :evil:

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Country Fire Service / Re: Blue vs. Green shirts under turn-out gear
« on: January 16, 2010, 05:30:16 PM »
I think the green is good to look at who wants to look like another service some may say it it is a form of jealousy. It was recently pointed out to us that the shirt are not covered by the uniform policy and can't we worn with our ppc

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SASES / Re: Murray bridge SES
« on: January 15, 2010, 10:22:39 AM »
Arent CFS and SES....in the same building???

I think they are next door

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Country Fire Service / Re: Time for action
« on: January 14, 2010, 09:12:30 PM »
So are the staff involved in pushing through their unions for more staff and better pay and conditions or is just the Volunteer association?

The unfortunate aspect is that the staff become members of the PSU and within that PS EB, CFS staff are treated with a small provision for CFS paid level officers where as the those under other awards (ASO or PO) do get paid a bit better. I only know this as I am member of the PS and consiering that the CFS has a small amount of staff that for an agency that has one award they do get over looked in the EB process.

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SASES / Re: Murray bridge SES
« on: January 14, 2010, 05:25:31 PM »
Just had a bit of a look and found no official indication that this unit has disappear in fact it looks like it still open for business.

I hope this utterance is not based on a page message that responded MFS to a MVA if so it may be a case of MFS being responded to something that is inside the town. This is no different to what occurs in Whyalla where the MFS respond to in town incidents and a joint SES / MFS responce is given for outside town incidents.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Full time CFS?
« on: January 14, 2010, 03:21:45 PM »
Having paid CFS would not work,CFS seem to want to be the CFA, the CFA have a long history of paid staff and even now Victoria will see one fire service in the future.

Big Bronto your reply could be seen as creating two questions. The first is what is wrong in adopting a national structure for the volunteer fire fighting based on the best working model we have. They can still be run by each state entities but a more unified approach to emergency management

The second question is that of one emergency service as you indicated allegedly occurring in Victoria within the fire service. We can all testify how hard it is to recruit, retain and then sustain membership beyond five years. This could be as  I said in an earlier post a sign of evaluation of the emergency services not a power grab as some would see it but a sign of survival. If evaluation can occur every where else in nature why can't it occur in the world of emergency services.

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SASES / Re: Murray bridge SES
« on: January 14, 2010, 03:01:29 PM »
If it is is true I would suspect that it has become a victim of lack of volunteers. The unit is quite strategically placed in the mallee and service a large area besides the Brigade

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Full time CFS?
« on: January 13, 2010, 08:09:52 PM »
A CFS with paid staff not people moving paper from the in tray to the out tray is something like what I saw on the box with my kids tonight called evolution.

About time some of the dinosaurs woke up and smelt the new world. People are expecting more as BundyDear inferred that having a paid service will only compliment the volunteers by improving the service that we already deliver.

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1909144 16:44:42 13-01-10 FOR INFO, HERMITAGE 34 HAS RETURNED TO STATION BUT REMAINS UNSERVICEABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 14 STILL AVAILABLE FOR CALLS. THANKS - PETER CFS Hermitage Info

Dare I say it is not as bad as it sound  :roll:

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SA Firefighter General / those who like a bit of the action
« on: January 12, 2010, 05:59:44 PM »
Fines urged for bushfire 'gawkers' ; Sightseers a problem near bushfires (Rhys Popovic, Port Lincoln)

Locals told to get out amid code red fire warnings A push is being made to impose a 'gawkers fine' on sightseers who hang around bushfire zones.

The Port Lincoln mayor Peter Davis has met South Australia's Premier and Opposition Leader to try to win bipartisan support for such a fine.

Firefighters battling a blaze which destroyed houses at Port Lincoln recently were hampered by sightseers who congested roads to get a closer view of the bushfire.

Mr Davis says people caught by using their mobile phone cameras at bushfire scenes should be fined hundreds of dollars.

"I've taken steps with the Premier and with [Opposition Leader] Isobel Redmond for a bipartisan policy when Parliament re-sits to immediately enforce the capacity of emergency service personnel to photograph these idiots' number plates and you'll get a 'gawkers fine'," he said.




A little bit of change over funding in the SACFS but is something that all ESO can relate to the problems of the sightseers at the incident.

I remember a CFS members telling me that there were so many people wanting to be part of the action she did not know who the driver was and who needed first aid. The incident did not occur in a city or town but on the edge of a highway out in the bush. 

So people what are are your thoughts?

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Country Fire Service / Re: Article in the Advertiser 12/1/10
« on: January 12, 2010, 08:01:58 AM »
Sorry Zippy a pie chart may not work as it will result in a significant amount of drooling over the pie  :wink:

Maybe the CFSVA should start taking photo's of the problems in buildings and start taking it to the people a bit more strategically. The tiser is only one paper in the state that covers the state but what about all those regional newspapers or the suburban rags that can can put a more local spin on the same problems allowing more people to identify with the problems.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Upcoming weather
« on: January 11, 2010, 01:33:19 PM »
I feel a change is comming well a predicated weather change that is  :-D

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Upcoming weather
« on: January 10, 2010, 02:54:02 PM »
1919044 16:00:44 10-01-10 MFS: SENIOR OFFICER GROUP:TOTAL STATE-WIDE FIRE BAN DECLARED FOR MONDAY 11/01/2010, WITH CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS IN 10 OF THE 15 DISTRICTS, INC MT LOFTY RANGES
MFS

With such a huge propotion of the state in catastrophic fire ban for Monday and all these areas are part of the state where the most of the population either live or holiday. I hope as organization and a brigade we are ready for the public

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: January 06, 2010, 02:31:17 PM »
Yes you are partly right Zippy but it also according to Place Names of South Australia a former pastoral station that is now part of Bruce Well 54 km east of Kingoonya along the railway line. Unfortunately I think they meant GLENDAMBO

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: January 06, 2010, 02:11:27 PM »
1927242 15:20:40 06-01-10 WM81 CatB Stuart Hwy, Coondambo
WES Woomera Emergency Services

I think this may be a spelling error

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Country Fire Service / Re: New Paid Staff jobs
« on: January 06, 2010, 07:13:04 AM »
just remember that the govt is into equal opportunity, anti-cronoism, and transparency. I can't say for certain that it was or was not in vacancies SA

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SASES / Re: Status of SES Port Lincoln LHQ
« on: December 24, 2009, 01:39:47 PM »
Just got back from the Lincoln fires but from what I saw as we did have a nosey at the unit or whats left of the unit. The shed that they have all the equipment in was saved along with the fuel shed.

Unfortunately the main building where the offices, comms , catering and training are was completely gutted. Even the bus that was outside looked like it was hardly affected. Yes vehicles were lost in the fire but they seem to be only the ones that they have in their RCR play area.

In the same complex was the regional operation (communication)unit shed that was gutted. The Vol's from Lincoln were certainly putting on a brave face when I saw them yesterday.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Pagers
« on: December 21, 2009, 07:41:22 AM »
have you raised this with your GO and regional commander?  what was the response?  have you spoken to your regional state volunteer telco committee rep? 

I am of the understnading the BC has followed the correct process of going through the group to region with no signs of the agreed to extra pagers to date. Maybe when they ask many of the new ones we can always say a _____ load of them.

At the moment I prefer due to the type of work that I am in getting a txt from the BC or a phone call from a Lt works for me.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Pagers
« on: December 19, 2009, 07:56:16 PM »
R_R34 my rant was more of telling you how as a Brigade we are copping with the lack of pagers or workable pager not to adavance the cause of SMS technology I hope that this clarrifies the confussion of what I posted

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Under PBI's
« on: December 19, 2009, 07:43:11 PM »
I tend go for the shorts and a drill shirt as it give a proffesional look the shirt that is. As  I don't think it is necessary to go in heat stress mode as I tend to work safely. It also gives me the ability to go into a hazmat job in if worse case scenario happends. I live in a place were the average year temp is 30 degrees

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