SA Firefighter

all of pirie trucks was at the fire Napperby CFS ended up going COQ to pirie mfs station, untill an appliance was free from the fire and once Kadina got into pirie.

From what i read on a vic pager site 5000 task completed 2000 outstanding and still reciveing 100 tasks per hour as we speak. Vic SES have 30 interstate teams heading in to help from SA and NSW.

Sounds like there haveing fun on Ki bye the sounds of some pager messages.

MFS: *CFSRES INC052 11/07/09 10:35,RESPOND STORM DAMAGE,PARNDANA ,PARNDANA KI MAP 087 F 3,BURST DAM ASSIST CFS AND CONTACT PARNDAN,A CFS,KIS029

Wd need wd24 to respond to ........... to assist evacuation prior to flood water impact broken dam

R1HQ: Crew required at region for incident on KI please advise duty officer on 8398 5545 with availability thanks simon 11/07/2009 12:02:30 PM

ALL SWIFT WATER MEMBERS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT TO KI REPORT TO UNIT, REGARDS JENNIFER  

i see helitak 733 has been responded now.

Matt you are correct SES radios use alpha zone for there multi agency talk groups. While talking talkgroups the new ses radios being rolled out soon have a new zone called fire services which have all the cfs and mfs talkgroups as well.

The search is in regards to a report of uni students trapped by a rock slide in the rangers somewhere possibly Mambray Creak started yesturday.

Altho i havent seen the new callsign list i have been told that it will become simalar to cfs eg, pirie 21 2wd rescue pirie 22 2wd storm or say a pirie 41 4wd rescue, it may be different as i havent seen the new layout, Now as a unit member of pirie i know my units callsigns however i am also a member of the North Region operational support unit Comms team and at times we handle the dispatch and some comms for hole of region and we dont know what one truck to another truck does eg at booleroo centre they have 151 as there command car and 152 as there rescue at pirie we have 431 rescue 432 storm 433 command 434 Marine boat 435 quad bike so i feel that the new callsigns are a good thing least you will know by the callsign what the truck does.

Jono Taylor

Do you think that they may have said VA back up and not BA as the MVA at the same time was only 1 to 1 1/2 kms from the house fire and Laura SES are primary Rescue for that area and attended the VA not the fire.   Only my views as to what may have been said but i didnt hear the call only from the ses area talkgroup.

went and found this

http://www.premier.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=1718



BUDGET: Community safety 

 
 Hon KEVIN FOLEY MP
Deputy Premier
Treasurer
Minister for Industry and Trade
Minister for Federal/State Relations 
Contact details   
 
 

June 7, 2007


The safety and security of South Australian communities remains a high priority for the Rann Government, with more than $114 million allocated in today’s State Budget for vital law and order initiatives.

 

The Rann Government is again providing record levels of resources to the South Australia Police, with today’s State Budget providing $567.3 million for SAPOL operations for 2007-08.

 

Since 2002, the Government has backed its tough stand on law and order by increasing SAPOL’s annual budget by 53.6 per cent compared with 2001-02.

 

In a direct response to the Government’s tough law and order policies, $24.4 million has been allocated over four years to create an additional 125 beds in the State’s prisons.

 

This will allow Correctional Services to manage the increasing prison population until the new $411 million prisons complex is completed.

 

This initiative is expected to create 40 new jobs in the prison system.

 

In addition, $3 million over the next four years has been allocated to upgrade Community Corrections offices.

 

“As part of this initiative, new offices will be leased in Port Pirie, and the existing office at Noarlunga will be replaced.

 

The Government is also committing $3.8 million over four years to upgrade prison electronic security systems, to ensure that state-of-the-art security is maintained throughout the South Australian prison system.

 

The drug testing of drivers in South Australia will be expanded after the 12 month trial ends in July, with a Budget allocation of $11.1m over four years.

 

This new funding will result in increased detection rates of drug-impaired drivers, which in turn will support SAPOL’s road safety focus.

 

Today’s Budget recognises the town of Roxby Downs is set to expand rapidly, due to the mining boom currently being experienced in South Australia.

 

That’s why $8 million has been allocated to expand the police facility in the town to accommodate an additional 23 officers, with a further $4.4 million allocated to meet employee housing, transport and location costs.

 

“We are also investing $9.5 million to replace the police station at Murray Bridge.

 

“Furthermore, $2.25 million has been allocated to replace the vessel for the Police Star Group officers and a $5.6 million is set aside to replace SAPOL’s GRN radio handsets.

 

The rapid growth of Adelaide’s southern suburbs has been recognised by the Government, with $5.1 million allocated to build a new Metropolitan Fire Service station at Seaford.

 

The new station is expected to be completed by 2009-10, with a further budget allocation of $4.4 million over two years for the 22 new staff needed when the station is operational.

 

And, $5 million will enable a new Metropolitan Fire Service station to be constructed in Port Lincoln, two years earlier than originally scheduled.

 

Replacing the ageing existing station, the new building will provide the town’s fire-fighters with much improved facilities, and will be co-located with Port Lincoln’s new CFS and SES facilities.

 

There’s also a $1.2 million allocation for a new fire appliance for Port Lincoln, which can be used to fight fires in multi-storey buildings. The new appliance is needed to address the fire risk created by high-rise development in Port Lincoln, including the new seven-storey hotel project.

 

Also benefiting the Port Lincoln community, today’s Budget includes an allocation of $350,000 for a new rescue vessel for the Port Lincoln State Emergency Service unit. A 9.5 metre multi-hulled vessel - with a range of 370 kilometres - will be purchased, which will be more suitable for operations in the sea conditions around Port Lincoln.

 

The existing Port Lincoln SES boat will be transferred to Kingston, which will significantly boost the capacity of the local SES unit to deal with marine rescue operations between Pt MacDonnell and the Murray Mouth.

 

South Australia’s aerial firefighting capability will be expanded, through a $4 million allocation, while $2.1 million over four years has been allocated to continue enhanced bushfire prevention programs.

 

And, $312,000 over four years has been allocated to expand the summertime aerial shark patrols.

 

During the past two years, Government funding has helped to deliver 600 hours of aerial shark surveillance. The extra funding in this year’s Budget will allow the patrols to cover the important weekday periods when the holiday VacSwim  classes are being conducted.

 

The State Government will also invest:


nearly $3.6 million over the next four years to provide video conferencing facilities to protect vulnerable witnesses;
an additional $830,000 over four years for Operation Flinders – the highly regarded program that helps youth offenders; and
nearly $1.4 million over the next four years in developing a state-of-the-art robotic system in South Australia’s DNA laboratory.