SA Firefighter

True maybe they should have gone but the MFS comm's people only respond what comes up on the screen in front of them! 

It's a bit weird how it works we did not get responded once to a house fire only a few streets away from our station once, but 1/2 an hour later we cruised past two MFS stations responding to an MVA.

One day it might make sense!

Now I've heard it all my helmet is to heavy!

Tell him/her to ask to be put in the radio room or making sandwhiches!

All this PBI gold stuff is easy i wear mine to structures and MVA's as our RCR gear is on our urban appliance and we have been called to a structure a few times straight after an MVA. Carry my Level 3 nomex with me in a bag just in case during summer and vice versa if going to a rural job. Bit of a pain but hey I'm covered what ever we are going to.

We asked about the level one work shirts a while ago and it fell on deaf ears! Just in case we did get caught out on our urban applaince and had to help out our rural appliances or neighbouring brigades. I'm guessing the cost of more gear?
See how you go with your group CFS_Firey

Apparently it is as i was thinking the same. The old girl they had apparently had heaps of rust and was just past the use by date. He said they dont do a huge amount of calls so its ok.

Imagine if corporate CFS gave into them and let them have some special truck i'm sure other brigades that interface with the metro area and do the same sort of COQ jobs and responding with MFS and are more busier than Burnside would be livered. Just look at Region 2-Saisbury, Dalkeith and Tea Tree Gully all busier than Burnside and not jumping up and down for a special appliance. I imagine brigade south of Burnside are busier to.

Well it shook the living hell out of my house and the dog was hiding under the bed! Not to much rain not fond of helping the SES boys do storm damage and sand bagging they can keep it! Even at those jobs when your the OIC you cant hide from the march of the sand bags!

Wow its interesting to hear how many jobs brigades have gone to my station is on about 230. I know brigades like Morphett Vale do dual response for Seaford and Salisbury for Virginia. They hit up around the 400 mark but when does it become to much.

Seriously I'm like you all and love what i do in the service, but you have to ask the question of how much the CFS can bleed out of individuals. Money lost in petrol costs, wages, time away from family it would be staggering if you added it up over the years.

I take my hat off to the guys in those really busy brigades. Must be a huge juggling act for them.

I suppose one good thing now is that CFS are refurbishing appliances and sending them to brigades that are not that busy. A mate of mine got one at the station he is at and reckons its better than the old girl that they had.

I've just got a fear of some volunteer Fire fighter hurting themselves with one. At some brigades guys struggle to keep up their skills in B.A. etc and thats with not handing them a tool that can take of arms.

As its a tool you would use at minimal incidents, so you have concerns of crews being familiar with them.

They create sparks, petrol engine, heavy and cumbersome. Plus in a lot of occasions you don't know what you could be cutting into.

I don't think its that drastic tell me one reason why Burnside need a better pumper than anyone else?

Whats wrong with the current Pumpers CFS are bringing out and in what area's are they lacking to what Burnside think that they need?

It really makes you think what do these sick unit's get out of doing something like that. Specially to kids as they are the most innocent out of all of us.

I'd like to catch them before handing them over to the police and give them an absolute flogging! Then sorry officer i think he fell over several times!

Kind of makes me laugh when people worry about what Burnside get as a new Pump. If they got extra cash that they can use fine as long as it does not cause the CFS to pay out more in maintenance on the thing down the track.

In saying that though they are by no means the busiest brigade with any extra special risks, so why do they need to be special.

I think that they're an over rated tool. Have made access to sheds without them by using a hooligan tool or as most new sheds are screwed together with a self drilling hex-head screw a good powered cordless drill or speed brace will do the job.

The entry that way is more controlled; you can easily roll back the sheet of tin with obviously another fire fighter close by with a charged line with no fear of the tool being a danger to either operator unlike a disc cutter. Plus I've seen a few videos where the use of a disc cutter has gone wrong, cutting into things that they should not.

As for entries through roller doors, use of a spreader works and I know the reply that not all brigades carry RCR gear. Why not look at a rapid intervention tool (combi-tool) that way you can cut padlocks, open hardened doors, cut window bars etc. Also this does not mean brigades become instant RCR brigades, but in some remote areas where an RCR brigade is a while away. Brigades with a combi-tool could make access for medical teams, whilst awaiting arrival of a Rescue Appliance.

 That's just my opinion, could use the cost of one of them buying some better kit.

I'm not to worry what they look on the outside, can look like a big tin shed but as long as CFS fits out the stations with decent facilities. The CFS has had budget struggles just maintaining what they have taken over since ESAU came along. I don't think the State Government bean counters realised how big the service was with its infrastructure that they would be relieving councils from.

I wonder how some station's that struggled before the change if they are better of now?

I know some stations that belonged to a decent size council and the only brigade in that council zone feel that they are slightly worse of now with the god in the coffers.

Just something to throw in the mix!