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General Discussion => SASES => Topic started by: jaff on December 07, 2010, 12:37:29 PM

Title: When to push the button?
Post by: jaff on December 07, 2010, 12:37:29 PM
Well SES its that rackem an stackem time again by the looks!, my question is at what stage "should you" push the button for additional/ read complimentary agencies assistance?

If you ask the public, Im thinkin the answer would be Yesterday!

Thoughts O learned ones?
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: boredmatrix on December 07, 2010, 01:45:58 PM
Jaff - seriously?  You're expecting a Government agency to plan for something??


you're a funny funny man......
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: misterteddy on December 07, 2010, 02:00:09 PM
more than that......you're asking an emergency service....to plan when to let some of its role be taken over by another emergency service in an admission that it can't fulfill the role


funny??....hell you should be in the circus
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: jaff on December 07, 2010, 02:47:06 PM
I know its a brave new concept......but it might just have some merit!

Whilst Im outing myself, I also believe in succession planning......and father xmas




















Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 07, 2010, 07:02:10 PM
Will not be seen from paging website, but I believe various CFS brigades are liasing/responding with the local SES Unit on taskings.

Eventually something will be sorted out, but last I heard was that the original idea is still to be ratified... will wait and see.

If you are not currently responding & you want to be, then talk to your fellow volunteers through your chain of command.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Alex on December 07, 2010, 07:38:06 PM
Bring on SACAD, closest most appropriate.


Andrew, how are the SES SCC task numbers allocated? I used to think they were just sequential, but tonight they seem to be all over the place.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: jaff on December 07, 2010, 08:25:15 PM
Shakes head...................A lot!
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 07, 2010, 09:10:45 PM
Bring on SACAD, closest most appropriate.

Andrew, how are the SES SCC task numbers allocated? I used to think they were just sequential, but tonight they seem to be all over the place.

Paging is done on priority order. SCC have seperate call receipt staff to dispatch staff.

Many tasks will also be sent via fax to some LHQ's.

We understood this was to be changed by now, but it did not happen...so volunteers are waiting.

The volunteers are trying to do the best we can, with what we have been supplied with.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: pumprescue on December 07, 2010, 11:00:38 PM
It is interesting how the job stacking happens, units pike Whyalla and Kapunda getting smashed with no backup and people ringing back that haven't been attended to, do they ask for strike teams or even simple things like CFS or MFS help?
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Alex on December 07, 2010, 11:23:40 PM
Bring on SACAD, closest most appropriate.

Andrew, how are the SES SCC task numbers allocated? I used to think they were just sequential, but tonight they seem to be all over the place.

Paging is done on priority order. SCC have seperate call receipt staff to dispatch staff.

Many tasks will also be sent via fax to some LHQ's.

We understood this was to be changed by now, but it did not happen...so volunteers are waiting.

The volunteers are trying to do the best we can, with what we have been supplied with.

Ahhhk mate, i was just curious as to why the numbers jumped from 500s to 200s to 400s etc etc. Rather than being sequential like Adelfires numbers.

Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Fire000 on December 07, 2010, 11:51:07 PM
It is interesting how the job stacking happens, units pike Whyalla and Kapunda getting smashed with no backup and people ringing back that haven't been attended to, do they ask for strike teams or even simple things like CFS or MFS help?


I agree that the SES are not always as quick to call for CFS/MFS mutual aid assistance as they should. In situations like tonight, SES Units and CFS Brigades need to be used together (and as the night went on most CFS resources ended up going active). Would it not be a bad idea to have a CFS Liason Officer at each SES region to coordinate the CFS resources, and consdier things such as maintaining BA and RCR coverage to the various regions. All too often we see SES stack on the tasks, no fault of their own as they don't control the weather, but for crying out loud call for help and do the right thing by your community. It's ok to admit you need backup from CFS and MFS.... no one will think any less of your organisation. In fact you will gain the respect that you can think logically.


This may just be my observation, but it looks poor to see the SES SCC carrying on with its blinkers on, only considering its own SES resources. From what i can see it's mainly Adel Fire calling out the CFS Brigades, with some local cooperation between SES-CFS at the unit/region level. Perhaps SES need the ability/ authorisation to page CFS Brigades for responses, but this would be best served with a CFS liason overseeing to ensure CFS coverage remains (as discussed above).

Well done to all the SES, CFS and MFS crews out there tonight. A FANTASTIC job in testing circumstances. Amazing what volunteers can do.

 

 





Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 01:50:09 AM
This discussion is a repeat of previous. Liaison officers are in multiple SES centres, CFS is being dispatched (will be quicker when one system), tactical planning is being done....not all sent via pager because more information can be sent by other means.

I personally believe it will get better when politics, new process & money is sorted out.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: OldOne on December 08, 2010, 08:47:34 AM
It's interesting that all these comments are based on what people see on the paging service,  I will running the Northern Suburbs operation centre where we cleared and processed tasks from Enfield to all the way past Gawler. 

All tasks from about 2pm were received via FAX and sent out via FAX to other units and CFS operations running at One Tree Hill who then tasked their strike teams.  By late afternoon we cleared dozens of tasks VIA FAX to CFS who were covering the areas from Elizabeth north to past Gawler and I know they were also receiving other jobs direct from MFS, local public and SES State Ops most also via Fax or phone calls.

Do not base your task operations info on the paging system as its too slow to handle hundreds of jobs per hour plus hard copy is needed to sort and collate priorities groups and then handed to crews when returning for breaks.

Cheers,
OldOne
 
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: misterteddy on December 08, 2010, 08:59:02 AM
so you make the system fit your work practices with hard copies and paper trails and the like.....is that right? Let's hope the phone lines never fail, the exchange is  water logged or burnt out, or the printer shits itself...

No wonder the modern paging system doesnt work.

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08-12-10 09:55:14 MFS: FROM RESIDENT STOP CALL FOR INCIDENT AT 1075 GREENHILL ROAD, SUMMERTOWN. MARGARET ARCHER. UNSURE OF DIN. CALLED AT 11PM LAST NIGHT. FLOODING OF BACK ROOM - SES Adelaide Hills Response

this must have been one that slipped through ..... I guess they should have rung in triplicate hard copy
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: 6739264 on December 08, 2010, 09:28:43 AM
Awww, it's so cute to watch die hard SES members rally around a failed system.

It'd be interesting to see the call response stats for the SES from recipt of call to a resource (ANY resource SES/MFS/CFS) arriving on scene.

And then at what point it goes from mass defaulting of calls to getting strike teams into areas...

There has to be a better way to do things, and I don't think that SACAD is going to be the answer.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: OldOne on December 08, 2010, 09:57:52 AM
There has to be a better way to do things, and I don't think that SACAD is going to be the answer.

SACAD is not going to be the answer when you get hundreds of jobs an hour.  We had lightning last night with power bumps and ADSL spikes resetting the modem causing internet dropouts a number of times (not due to our end on a UPS) so there would be no way of accessing SACAD live when the internet is down. 

With paging, how do you sort, track and process hundreds of jobs, hand copy of the pager screen or cut and past from a pager decoder(site) on to a local computer, all very slow, have tried it !!

At least with hard copy either fax or computer printout you can sort and track very quickly even when you loose your computer network due to lighting all around you.

Operating a large Ops centre with hundreds of jobs in a VERY short time span is not easy and no one system will work,  there needs to be a mix of technology and old style white boards and paper.

OldOne

Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Darius on December 08, 2010, 10:07:32 AM
just got one thing to say (as badjas said it's all been said before, it's a pity such a stuffed system takes so long to get sorted but that's what you get when people play empire building and politics) and that's the paging system can handle a lot more than it did over the last day or so.  OldOne you said "its too slow to handle hundreds of jobs per hour", I would suggest one page every 10 secs is 360 per hour, which is easily achievable. I would hope one page per second (3600/hr) is achievable (the bitrate is 1600 so 200 chars/sec theoretically should be).
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: pumprescue on December 08, 2010, 10:59:07 AM
It will be interesting to see when Adelaide Fire end up taking on the whole lot and can no longer hand over to the volunteers. Combine the 2 workloads and the fact that you might end up with fire appliances on a lot more responses and it could be fun to watch !!
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: OldOne on December 08, 2010, 12:08:29 PM
I would suggest one page every 10 secs is 360 per hour, which is easily achievable. I would hope one page per second (3600/hr) is achievable (the bitrate is 1600 so 200 chars/sec theoretically should be).

Look at the total pager picture,it's not the sending capability that's the problem it's processing the jobs at the receiving end.  You can cue up many messages to the paging service via computer but how do you handle 30 to 100 messages on a pager when the new pagers only handle 19 messages at a time or the Samsung about 75 messages at a time with out loosing the first ones.  The only other option is pager decoders interfaced with computers at every headquarters or SACAD if you are on line 24/7

The paging system was never designed as a bulk message sending to a single pager capcode, it is designed for the distribution of many messages to many pager capcodes.

Oldone
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Darius on December 08, 2010, 12:24:23 PM
just making it clear it's not the paging system being too slow (as you said) but the work practice(s) the SES choose to use.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: rescue5271 on December 08, 2010, 01:14:17 PM
If the public had done there cleaning out od gutters and downpipes there would have been less call outs...Great to see at long last we got faxes from SES of jobs in our area but also some communications about SES back up if needed which it was not...

When to push the button, Well we all like to hold onto our own things as long as we can before we ask for help.. From what I did see SES/MFS/CFS worked well and lets get real you are always going to have jobs that will sit there for hours due to crews being busy.. Remember in the new days of OHSW you still have to feed and rest your crews.....
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: misterteddy on December 08, 2010, 01:43:55 PM
SACAD is not the answer, apart from ensuring that all messages get to an EOC that is suitable manned by all services(doesnt really matter by who, paid or Vol), suitably equipped (with Computers, UPS and a generator). Internet shouldnt be relied on (anti-terrorism 101 and Respond to Poohstorm 102 says dont rely on the Net for anything...and yet apparantly we still do), and faxing tasking is a joke - ever heard of Group/burst SMS?, NextG email or any 21st Century communication device? heaven forbid a PDA/tablet. Use the EOC to triage and prioritise (not everything needs a T/L to go and lay eyes on it - remembering this is one way many Units play the system and are seen to arrive within their prescribed/required times - noting the actual appliance and worker ants might arrive 45 mins or an hour, or two later), and then use the SYSTEM to page crews with their allocated job. When they clear they get the next one off the rank. It's not that filtered hard, the hardware is already in place just scattered amongst the individual fiefdoms. 10-15 smart people and a prick to deflate the egos and its a relatively simple task - please don't pretend it's anything but. Adelaide isnt big enough to warrant a montage of devolved Ops Coord centres. Despite the size of the chips on our shoulders, we arent Sydney or Melb or New York.

If this system looks familiar......it is pretty close to one that operates all day everyday in Adelaide now, with over a 1000 jobs a day handled (mostly) without too many dramas....and not many people waiting 9 hours for their soggy loungeroom to be looked at. Is the SAAS R&D perfect??...no way, they dont have the kahoonas to tackle some of their internal egos BUT it deals routinely with large numbers everyday and is it better than what we have now!!

SES, you're system is stuffed.....if you don't want it changed by the umpire (the Govt), or by Royal Commission report then do something about it yourselves and stop short changing the public
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: chook on December 08, 2010, 01:51:59 PM
Try operating without a paging system! :wink: Its all about planning & local/regional control. And having a system similar to what you described MT. Anyway it sounds like it has all worked out ok in the end. By the way we have been basically on "Alert" (And regional Hq people have been active) since October and we have major jobs going on all over the state at this very moment (including right here)& guess what? no real dramas. Anyway I had better go & help fill sandbags :-) bye 4 now
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 02:40:56 PM
Last I heard is the system is being planned for handover, but issues in the technology to summarise output from SACAD (not CRIIMSON) and if the 'call receipt & dispatch' supplier will do the job now.

Rumour is they looked at the potential wage bill compared to volunteers, :evil: now they know it could involve processing 1000 to 2000 taskings within 24 to 48 hours.

State Emergency Centre opened last night and a AlertSA message was sent this afternoon.

A `Emergency Alert' was issued at this afternoon. Details can be found at http://www.ses.sa.gov.au/site/home.jsp (http://www.ses.sa.gov.au/site/home.jsp)

In summary:

"An Emergency Alert has been issued for people in the vicinity of Light, Wakefield and Gawler Rivers. Over topping has occurred and flooding is occurring in some locations. People in these affected areas need to take all necessary precautions to ensure their safety and should consider relocating."

Water impacted Kapunda (near Light River) and other townships heavily last night. Some septic tanks overflowed, thus the flood waters are polluted.

The flood waters have moved towards the gulf and mouth of the rivers during today.

Extra resources (trucks, sandbags, sand, etc) have been deployed to Two Wells for mitigating the potential. This includes multiple CFS and SES volunteers.

A friend has confirmed today that his family received the AlertSA SMS this afternoon because he lives in the affected area.

So if you want to play in the poohy water, then you can get your chance.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 03:02:28 PM
just got one thing to say (as badjas said it's all been said before, it's a pity such a stuffed system takes so long to get sorted but that's what you get when people play empire building and politics) and that's the paging system can handle a lot more than it did over the last day or so.....

AGREED.... but I dont think complaining on this forum is going to help.

As volunteers we work with the systems given to us, to the best of our ability, to assist the community.

Majority of us do not care for empire building, but it is evident in ALL emergency services and many business, that I have had contact with.

Stay safe and for the political people watching this forum *** MY PERSONAL OPINION ONLY***
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Benji on December 08, 2010, 03:40:49 PM
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08-12-10 09:55:14 MFS: FROM RESIDENT STOP CALL FOR INCIDENT AT 1075 GREENHILL ROAD, SUMMERTOWN. MARGARET ARCHER. UNSURE OF DIN. CALLED AT 11PM LAST NIGHT. FLOODING OF BACK ROOM - SES Adelaide Hills Response

this must have been one that slipped through ..... I guess they should have rung in triplicate hard copy
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For what it is worth the address received by the unit was incorrect and the occupent of the house we did attend was new to area and didnt know names of neighbours so we couldnt locate that way...
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: pumprescue on December 08, 2010, 04:16:54 PM
I can see why MFS are being cautious about taking on the role without doing proper research and budgeting, they would be insane to take it on any other way.

It obvious that relying on volunteers to man what should be a manned CRD centre is not fair.

Has the SES thought of paid manning it themselves ?
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: misterteddy on December 08, 2010, 04:22:04 PM
so the paper based transcribing caused an error??...who would have thought.

did u try the white pages?......she's in there with her correct address

Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 04:59:57 PM
I can see why MFS are being cautious about taking on the role without doing proper research and budgeting, they would be insane to take it on any other way.

It obvious that relying on volunteers to man what should be a manned CRD centre is not fair.

Has the SES thought of paid manning it themselves ?

Previous Minister stated a few years ago that MFS is the only paid service in the SAFECOM sector (except for existing CFS, SES & SAFECOM paid staff)...and you cannot be part of Adelaide Fire unless you are a fully qualified MFS firefighter.

**NOTE: Please let me know if the above is incorrect, but that is what I have been advised ***

No provision for Retained or volunteers.

With current mass SA Government redundancies happening, I personally doubt they will employ more.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 05:04:51 PM
...It obvious that relying on volunteers to man what should be a manned CRD centre is not fair...

You must like INSULTING volunteers..... on what basis should the CRD be paid staff only ????    :?

It is the design of the CRD system that is the issue, not who staffs the system.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: pumprescue on December 08, 2010, 05:29:50 PM
I am not having a go, sorry but i still think it's not fair, if it was all perfect then the changes you spoke about wouldn't be happening.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: rescue5271 on December 08, 2010, 05:55:26 PM
CRD will only work if the information is correct....One CRD will not work and I know I talk about Victoria alot but they learnt first hand that they need more than one CRD and that these are located away from Fire stations. Just this week the CRD crashed in Victoria along with radio problems...While I am talking about Victoria as of 1230hrs today VICFIRE had taken and paged 1950 jobs  to SES so do you think one CRD here in SA would be able to deal with that???


So getting back on topic does anyone really know when to push the button??

Does it really matter if your paid or volunteer as long as the job gets done??

Remember information flow needs to start from the call taker I know we had a job where the address and number was wrong,these things happen.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 08, 2010, 06:47:10 PM
Sorry to take this partially off-topic again and I know it is a consistent problem with all agencies, BUT...

...part of the issue historically is funding..no money existed to fund a good CRD process or system. I think it is still an issue with any organisation not wanting to incur a large ongoing cost every year...

SA SES receives the lowest funding when compared to CFS and MFS. Yet we have to provide a great service during the multi-incident events and day-to-day events.

The amount of money required for good computer systems will easily pay for new trucks, equipment, buildings, etc for the front-line responders.

Personally, I still would want the funding to go to the frontline responders rather than back office.

I genuinely pity the paid staff that are trying to balance the cost-benefit in the longterm of a new CRD system.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: chook on December 09, 2010, 05:14:07 AM
Quite right Andrew - it is easy to look eastwards/ westwards & say " but they do it this way & have that" etc etc. But you have hit the nail on the head - money! We have over 225 paid staff(with the numbers climbing) including a major IT section. And when the "super department" was launched, it was canned in 6 months as unworkable. The regions are starting to become well staffed as well - so when major events occur work can planned, and correctly resourced prior to the event without tying up vollies. If you were to look at Wagga for example - not only were the emergency services working (under direction of SES) but also council & recruits from the ADF. For too long SA has gone done the path of cost cutting without proper regard to the long term implications of that. By the way if people are interested in changing careers, have a look on Seek.com, there are some very interesting positions available
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 09, 2010, 11:19:43 AM

So getting back on topic does anyone really know when to push the button??

Does it really matter if your paid or volunteer as long as the job gets done??

when to push the button ? = When the 'agreed level of emergency response for that incident type' is not met consistently or AIIMS level 3 incident.

Because I am a base volunteer, I am unsure what the response timing is for storm damage. A tree in the yard is no response, tree on roof is higher and tree on road is higher again.

Paid or volunteer CRD staff = does not matter as long as they are trained, supported and funded.

Personally, if they want to pay staff or use volunteers or use a SAAS volunteer/Retained staff model to process 'business as usual' CRD levels, their choice. Paid staff are have better knowedge on the issues than I ever will.

On this issue, it is how staff manage the 'surge' CRD events. Be it multi-fires, storms, flood, explosion, etc.

I know of at least two government Standby multi-seat call centres in Adelaide, as well as technology to direct calls & process data. It is how you activate, fund & staff those centres is a challenge.

I work in a Western suburbs building with approx 2500 staff who operate client company call centres for the public. The staff in the building then process the data from those calls.

It can be very expensive & thus you work with the tools given to you to achieve the best result. Never perfect because you never have the best tools. The multi-billion $$ company I work for cannot fund the best tools (but damn good tools anyway), so how does emergency services do it ?

Victoria's large CRD centre could not cope with the surge, ETSA struggles.....I think it helps to share resources & equipment. We just need to get better at sharing
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: jaff on December 09, 2010, 11:35:06 AM
So when to push the button? Does SES have a "Trigger Point" for complimentary service involvement, if so is that pre determined, ie predicted weather event continuation, with multiple job stacking already occurring! Or is it left to individuals to make this assessment?

Imagine if the "Trigger Point" was something really really simple....like.... uuumm ...I don't know.....say something like closest most appropriate!

Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 09, 2010, 12:22:51 PM
Imagine if the "Trigger Point" was something really really simple....like.... uuumm ...I don't know.....say something like closest most appropriate!

Ummm already planned, called SACAD.....but it is not simple when you add 'appropriate'.

and this will start the normal saga of postings....I am not trained to do RCR or have access to the equipment...yet I am closer than some....do I respond...NO
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Alex on December 09, 2010, 09:49:29 PM
...It obvious that relying on volunteers to man what should be a manned CRD centre is not fair...

You must like INSULTING volunteers..... on what basis should the CRD be paid staff only ????    :?

It is the design of the CRD system that is the issue, not who staffs the system.


I dont think its a case of pumprescue enjoying insulting vollunteers.

But i know from personal experience that the use of vollunteers does not work in this role 100% of the time unfortunately. The SES SCC put in every effort to man as best they can, and there guys do a great job at that, but on occasion they have not been able to open due to lack of available crew, they have taken excessive time to open or they have closed in the middle of an event and not been able to re-open as they need to rest crews.

So who is 'relying on vollunteers' not fair on? The vollunteers, Adelaide Fire staff who have to chock the system up or the public?
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Zippy on December 10, 2010, 08:14:13 AM
Better yet, join forces, merge the two services, have special division setup of paid staff who manage the Flood/Search/Rescue side of things..etc, etc, etc.

Looking at the collective pool of volunteers, it'd be far easier if every volunteer from both services can assist, promptly.

Job stacking can happen much less than it happens now, when an effective IMT is in place, Sectorising whole sections of area to be under divisional commanders...again etc etc etc.  

This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 10, 2010, 09:09:58 AM
AGREED Alex & Zippy....it can be done better
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: misterteddy on December 10, 2010, 11:02:54 AM
This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.

oh dear God no...please don't let us accept that level of management....
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Zippy on December 10, 2010, 12:50:29 PM
This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.

oh dear God no...please don't let us accept that level of management....


HA i know what your suggesting....Yes Bushfires too have failed management :P
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: jaff on December 10, 2010, 04:27:56 PM
This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.

oh dear God no...please don't let us accept that level of management....


HA i know what your suggesting....Yes Bushfires too have failed management :P



And recently! :evil:
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: Mic10110 on December 13, 2010, 04:13:26 PM
This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.

oh dear God no...please don't let us accept that level of management....


HA i know what your suggesting....Yes Bushfires too have failed management :P



And recently! :evil:

I stand to be corrected, but I didn't see SES at Stockport until Wednesday morning. Light strike team arrived as the Gilbert river broke, but before that it was Wakefield Plains CFS who were doing the work with citizens. Same thing occurred a couple of months ago - no SES to be seen until after the event
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: SA Firey on December 13, 2010, 10:52:18 PM
This round of flooding, could have easily been handled as good as a bush fire.

oh dear God no...please don't let us accept that level of management....


HA i know what your suggesting....Yes Bushfires too have failed management :P



And recently! :evil:

I stand to be corrected, but I didn't see SES at Stockport until Wednesday morning. Light strike team arrived as the Gilbert river broke, but before that it was Wakefield Plains CFS who were doing the work with citizens. Same thing occurred a couple of months ago - no SES to be seen until after the event

SES Special Operations Team were in Stockport on Tuesday night, assisting with the rescue of a reported disabled person in a wheelchair stuck in a flooded property.

I have to say that I have never seen the water in the Main street at waist level before and the Gilbert was running very high, as the Light Group Car lost the headlights underwater earlier.

Light River was roaring under the Gawler to Two Wells Rd with a foot to spare under the bridge.
Title: Re: When to push the button?
Post by: bajdas on December 14, 2010, 09:30:23 AM
I believe that other than Kapunda SES (who were asking for outside assistance on the night) and Edinburgh SES, that area and the Barossa is covered by CFS.

Taskings were handed to CFS and SAPOL via the liason officers on the night.

Extra SES crews & equipment (eg flat bed truck with sandbags) were sent to Mannum earlier in the evening. With the fatigue rules, it limits what you can do while also covering Adelaide as best you can.

I saw Sturt SES being requested for its trailer flood pump in the days past the storm.

Just a case of CFS handling Two Wells and Barossa regions with its own resources.

Hmmmm, so it happens with CFS IMT as well as SES.....surprise, surprise   :-D

*** PERSONAL OPINION ONLY ***