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Country Fire Service / Re: Heavy Pumper
« on: April 08, 2011, 09:48:23 AM »
So sounds like CFS may have brought 2 new pumpers. So who will be the lucky brigade? Who can justify one??
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Like all services in the country SAAS is one that is really in a bad way with low volunteer numbers,There is no easy answer to how to fill the gaps but they could try paging the CFS who's members are trained in first aid or in some area advanced resus.Simple answer... Employee a Paramedic at every Ambulance station, just like Vic, NSW and QLD do.
The story could have gone further if they really want it to by looking at the over worked staff stations in the country and the city. I know our staff station here is always busy and staff are always on 10hrs off line so the Volunteer stations which are some 47kms away have to cover the area from their location.So work that out how long it would take Lucindale or Padthaway to respond to a MVA or heart attack in our town?? Mind you in the past we would be paged to help but for some reason this has stopped....Bill your station does NOT go off line, it’s called a "10 hour break" and it basically means the paramedic crew is responding from home NOT the station. This is very common & has minimal impact on service delivery.
MFS: *CFSRES INC073 23/01/10 20:57,RESPOND DOMESTIC FIRE,21 HUNTINGDALE RD,NOARLUNGA DOWNS MAP 196 B 2 TG134,,SEA469 SEAF00 CDN431
CFS Mawson Group Officers Response
Seafords first job I believe and K77 out on arrival.
Isn't it amasing what a little internal politics can do to a unit/brigade? And some people who have a big ego or think they can run a unit better? Just a small group of disgruntled individuals almost destroyed that unit. And my understanding of the situation at the time, it wasn't the SES that was the fly in the ointment re: dual response other things:wink:
Back to Murraybridge a great unit & I was sadden to hear of their potential demise - I am glad it was just rumour & possible empire building (again).
Finally when are you guys going to be happy with what you have? Every time I come on here its another round of "lets get rid of the SES".Halfarsed rumours & accusations & other bollocks! For filtered sake! do you really think you would benefit at all? No of course not! The organisation would still exist to satisfy disaster requirements - just like it does in every other state & any money saved would go into general revenue not CFS coffers. And all up its only worth a few million anyway - not enough to buy every brigade new appliances & buildings to rival SAMFS! Maybe the government should start looking at where all of the money actually goes in CFS & a different funding model that makes towns and councils a bit more accountable. Anyway thats all I've got & again I'm glad to MB is still active
1909100 17:08:05 22-01-10 MFS: *CFSRES INC069 22/01/10 17:06,RESPOND Vehicle Accident,CNR GREENOCK RD & SAMUEL RD,NURIOOTPA MAP 0 0 0 TG095,REPOND AT REQUEST OF NURI, AS TANUNDA AT, ANOTHER INCIDENT, 2 CAR MVA,ANGN00 CFS Angaston Group Officers Response
Adelaide fire should know that...
jason mate
i really wish people would get their facts straight before posting, this is nothing like what you stay it was. if you want to know actually ring up and ask state rather than just passing the rumours on
MFS: *CFSRES INC023 21/01/10 09:47,RESPOND RCR,BALD HILLS RD,BLAKISTON MAP 161 K 12 TG128,1 POSSIBLY TRAPPED. 2 CARS T-BONE. CORNE,R WITH PRICESS HWY,MBKR19 NAIR00
This shows that lowering a speed limit to 60kmph...and greatly improving the intersection....achieves nothing still.
Sensor driven Traffic Lights with red light camera? and a fixed speed camera? lol...media mike will make heaps of money...
Intersection of Woodside-Nairne Road/Riverview Road, Inverbrakie would be another hot spot for a Ignored Stopsign/Speed camera detector.. (yeah lets invent something new)...
10:12:09 21-01-10 CFS: SIG INC: FYI: MOUNT BARKER & NAIRNE CFS ATTENDING INCIDENT AT BLAKISTON, 1 X FATALITY, REFER CRIIMSON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SC WATTS. > 21/01/2010 10:10:54 AM CFS HQ Info
Am interested about where that list came from as well.
Vertical Resue within SES is its own hot topic at the moment anyway. Apparently there was a serious accident (all details seem to have been banned from public/volunteer knowledge), which in turn prompted a major review of operations.
A lot of the units have vertical gear, but accreditaion of members is an ongoing issue.
They just want to look like the mets, especially with the fire & rescue on the back in blue
1908904 15:07:33 05-01-10 MFS: *CFSRES INC043 05/01/10 15:07,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,WELLINGTON RD,WISTOW MAP 000 0 0 TG128,HIGHLAND VALLEY NEAR ARCHER HILL,LTHT42 LTHT00 NAIR00
After listnening to an absolute filtered storm over the radio between the IC and a lt from an appliance regarding closest appropriate resources not being responded, is it appropriate to to do this or is it better logging your grievances after the incident.
Yeah looks like they didn't have much in the way of BA backup, but most of the CFS is in a bad way when it comes to BA, something that needs to be looked at rather urgently.
You would almost have to wonder, with all the stuffing around getting crews together, would it really take someone like Glen Osmond that long to get there.
No, chainsaws are not standard stowage.
Pip
Dennis the Menace
Latest saga is they had a windscreen come from New Zealand damaged and there were two more there but they were also damaged(in the same place) so now one is coming from London.
Might be back in service by Xmas
Some How I don't think the Barker Boys would like a 24p Over the Dennis, just seems a lil backwards if you ask me