SA Firefighter

There was something on Win News tonight about this issue which included an interview with the Wattle Range Group Officer 

1909800 17:29:24 11-01-10 MFS: *CFSRES INC115 11/01/10 17:27,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,LEIGH CREEK ,LEIGH CREEK MAP 0 0 0 TG072,FIRE AT THE MINE DUMP - LEIGH CREEK MINE, RD , LEIGH CREEK,SAIR55 LCRK00

Yay now the guys at leigh creek have something to do 

Dont forget the USE and LSE baggyassfirey i wonder what the public's reaction will be if both areas are put under code red tomorrow as well 

Sunday will be an interesting day with 40 degrees forecasted but you're right pip Monday is going to be a very nervous day for everyone especially with that cool change coming in 

The NRG guys hardly get any fire calls at all so this is a way to keep them informed of whats happening on the outside world

1909319 12:38:44 03-01-10 MFS: *CFSRES INC034 03/01/10 12:37,RESPOND Marine Vessel,ROBE ,ROBE MAP 0 0 0 TG229,BOAT FIRE. 2KM OFF SHORE WEST OF THE OBE,LISK. APPROX 1.5KM W OF ROBE. R.V. POINT, ROBE BOAT RAMP FOR AMBOS & SAPOL.,ROBE19 MIL029 CFS Robe Group Officers Response

Hmmm interesting situation but one problem the robe brigade dont have a response boat 

Good to see Monash brigade blowing the cobwebs out of their station siren cause theres alot more bigger fires to come 

The old link pagers were like a brick but had good alert tones

What a joke in 2009 we can't alert people properly, never had this issue when it was brigade run, we always had enough pagers.....bring back the siren!!

Ahhh yes bring back the good ol fire phone system with a button linked to the station siren it worked everytime we needed crew 

am also always personally amazed at how we can get good responce time in a rural brigade i.e. 18 minutes (nearest mets do it in 17 mins) using nothing more then SMS to get an entire crew on the road and rolling. The cost of the SMS is something that I do out of "donation to the Brigade" which is done with out any quarms. I wonder what would happen if we all had pagers.

The concept of SMS alerts is useful but you have to look at it from all angles malleefire and consider numerous things such as

* How many brigade members actually have mobiles
* Can you be sure the phones will be turned on
* What mobile phone provider is each member with
* Signal coverage

Personally i wouldnt mind seeing SMS paging being introduced even to volunteers who have pagers but dont always carry them as it can assure response but also there is a downside in terms of delay in getting the sms due to area and mobile provider

 

I hope the bigger ones have alot more alert tones to choose from 

I think almost everyone on here would agree with me that theres a fine line between appropriate and inappropriate when it comes to taking photos on the fire ground as long as theres no complaints about photos being taken at incidents