SA Firefighter

Quote from: Morph on March 29, 2009, 05:11:57 AM

Quote from: Alex on March 20, 2009, 06:34:09 AM

Quote from: RescueHazmat on March 19, 2009, 06:50:33 PM

Quote from: jaff on March 19, 2009, 12:43:58 AM

Young plod up Blackwood way swung over too METS, then back too plod again!

..Strange

 I agree! I can't get my head around that. The lad must have rocks in his head (no offence to whoever he is). (Morph)

Quite a drop in workload.. siome people wouldn't like to twiddle there thumbs all day.

 I've heard that as a possible reason why somebody like our mate above got in and then did a u-bolt but I think if you are the kind who keeps active and doesn't let the grass grow under their feet, it shouldn't be a problem.
 I always find something useful to do with any spare time I can grab (which is a rarity). There are ALWAYS little jobs that need to be done or, if you're lucky, that book you've been meaning to read but never got round to, on-line course to study, musical instrument or language to learn etc etc etc.
 If a person gets bored I reckon it's because they allow themselves to switch off! There's a whole world out there and 'life's short,' as they say.

Not really as simple as you make it sound mate. Hopefully you can make it work that way for yourself when/if you suceed in an application.

Not really as simple as you make it sound mate.
 Interesting! Can you elaborate?

 Re: Paid employment
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2009, 07:35:00 PM »   

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Look at the ufu sa website. You can access the MFS pay rates.


 Top info!
Thanks

Quote from: boredmatrix on March 21, 2009, 12:18:57 AM

Being a paramedic i've not had  the opportunity tto find this out myself........any other groupies care to confirm or deny Tequila's research?  

I'll give her my contact details and we can sort this out.

Taking one for the team, in the name of research and all that...

 This is great humour guys but please can we stay on topic? I need helpful info not gags! Must be another thread somewhere for that.
Not trying to be a bore - trust me, if I manage to get into SAMFS I'll be laughing my b*ll*cks off all day long!
 Cheers.
 

 'maybe the mods can merge this thread and the new round of firefighting jobs thread. considering its about the same thing.'

Im happy to leave it here. Its in the SAMFS section, and is based on 2009 Recruitment, which is still what is being discussed.

If it strays too much, PM me and we can make something happen..

 Thank you for illuminating those two points, RescueHazmat.
 
 I certainly won't be straying off topic as the abuse of forums wastes everybodies' time in having to sort the 'wheat from the chaff': I'm here for facts & info, not chit chat!

 On that, I got through the PAT/1 (at which they did stop us on 9.6 incidentally) and am now looking at the Firefighter Abilities Test & psychometric testing. I know better than to get too excited at this stage but I am keen to hear from anyone with good advice for this next round.

 I'm looking at the Firefighter Abilities Test specifically (as I'm already familiar with psyche testing and know there is no advice or prep for those).
 I obviously have the info from the SAMFS official website and can read (so please don't duplicate) but I want to hear from real experiences of those who have been through this round of testing.

-What do you recommend?
-What prep can I do?
-What can I expect to face on the day that isn't stated in the literature?

 Any useful info will be greatly received.
And good luck to anyone else going for this too

PS: Having waded through the 'Recruitment 2008' forum, I gather the F.A.T is basically a new name for what was the PAT/2. Is this correct? And where can I locate the dvd that Gasman referred to?


 

   
 

My 2c as well, actually more like 10c

No doubt the officers charge has opened a can of worms within Sapol - it certainly got the tongues wagging here.  I have not closely observed the circumstances of this case, however have spoken regularly with a close relative who is regularly in this situation.

Most of us aren't Cops, and haven't had the approriate Urgent Duty Driving training, so is hard to present an impartial argument.  My take is that as an officer he has to make a judgment call every time he decides to persue.

He has to measure up the risk that the speeding bike presents against the risk that two speeding vehicles creates.  Does the level of offence warrant the chase.  Would it be better to simply get close enough to take down a rego number and follow it up later.  Overtaking a bus in a speed restriction zone - well that puts him in a very precarious position.  To choose to chase in that situation was very brave (and foolish, you may suggest in hind sight).

I think he may have paid the ultimate penalty for making the wrong choice under probably quite strong pressure.  To have UDD licence is not a licence to just go for it any time you think the need is there.

As far as firies speeding through speed zones.  Well, the same thing applies - Are you going to place the safety of anybody at risk to attend burnt toast alarms, or even a going fire.  The time delay created by slowing down at a school zone or roadworks is not going to make any difference at the pointy end.  Weigh up the risks against what you realistically expect to achieve.  You would never ever forgive yourself if you caused injury (or worse) to a roadworker or child in your haste to get to a grassy that burnt 10 acres of grass and a few fence posts. The legal ramifications is another matter altogether - the rules are only there to keep everybody safe, duty of care etc etc.

 "Would it be better to simply get close enough to take down a rego number and follow it up later."


 Clearly not a police officer are we Calspec?

 1) In order to get close enough to see the rego number, you have to accelerate to close the gap to whatever your visible reading distance is. At speed or in confined urban environs, this can be quite risky. This contradicts your argument. Are you saying we should first speed right up to read the rego then back off to a safe distance?

 2) Since when did taking the rego number assist when the vehicle has been stolen? What are you going to do? Rock up at the registered owner & victim's house and accuse HIM/HER of stealing their own vehicle? Clever!

 3) How many 'scrotes' (To non-police, that's undesireables who have zero regard for the law, peoples' property or working for an honest living) do you know who actually register their own vehicles to themselves? If you are a regular law-breaker, you might as well leave a calling card at your crime scenes, with details of how the authorities can locate you. Again....clever!

 

 This thread says 'paid employment' and bears anything but!

 Is anyone out there able to furnish a copy of current SAMFS pay scales (from recruit up)?

 Ta.