SA Firefighter

although... this does make me think of the MFS wannabes thread someone just started..... 

aaah i get it now...

No, we are complicated and call our appliances cra p names like 24 Pumper.  What is wrong with following suit and calling our appliances like -  831, 299, 919 etc etc.   Imagine.. State Hq, 831 is Mobile.  Or Adelaide Fire, 831  is K1.    That is so much simpler, sounds so much more professional and I believe is a more effective way of communicating.

Poor OCOs... can you imagine how many appliance numbers they would have to remember?? not just the various appliance types which they could handle im sure.. but the differant station numbers also... and how many stations are there??? i think thats rubbish.

whereas Nuff Nuff 24P tells them everything they need to know, where its from, what it is. sometimes making things easier... isnt making things easier.

As for following SOP's considerng a lot of CFS don't follow basic ones like levels of response and appropriate resources anyway what does a simple K mean....

well for a lot of minga brigades it could mean telling state or there bases the wrong thing... cos lets face it, not everyone in the CFS is a rocket scientest, and a fair few ppl have issues with basic pro words like over or out, or over and out...

fire03rescue: only ever had about 30-50 calls out of the new estates ove past 3 years... but my point is it has increased population in our area by about 1600 people (id guess, if you said there were an aaverage of 4ppl per house; and there are about 400 new houses to cover...

a handful of gas leaks (i would atribute these to construction) - a few private alarms - and a fair few brush fence fires...

The area that our brigade covers behind Mt Barker is one of the fastest growing areas in the state, in the not to distant future Hindmarsh island will have more houses than Goolwa itself of which probably only half will be covered by hydrants!!

im confused... arent you Goolwa brigade... becasue thats nowhere near mt barker...

btw: i dont think it was ever a part of the act/regs that you required a police check.... it says fill out the correct memberhip forms, which happen to include a police check... but thats just the way i read it... (fuzzy was a while ago)

James my understanding was that you guys wanted a type two pumper like eden hills but your group would not support your application??(correct me if I am wrong). The other problem we have,that some regional staff(not all) make up there own rules before they come out of H/Q and this is also causing problems when it comes to what a brigade or group should have in the way of appliances.I could open a can of worm but have had my large rear end kicked enough this year

believe the group didnt want eden to get a type 2 either, were more after the 24P......

i think youll find... if you search really really hard, that PBI has been approved for all non-rural incidents... so:
fixed alarms, vehicle fires/accidents, domestics, rubbish fire, etc..

just not wildfires/grassies but i believe cfs are trying to get it approved for that..

i have never seen any SOP or the like that states its onyl to be worn to structure fires...

maybve imtalking crap though...

well put oz fire

K55 at fridge.. we have a minor spillage...

june/july(ish) i applied for a 12 month contract... missed out though.

im not sure what everyone else thinks...
but surely all the EMA brigades out there know that the  S.O.P. concerning mutaual aid states that CFS will NOT use k-codes when transmitting on MFS frequencys... i qoute "k-codes are not to be utilised by CFS resources"  ?? ??

just that i was listening to scanner and couldnt help but overhear a brigade (wont say which one in the interest of not getting flammed/bashed whatever... and to prevent embaressment to them) who was determined to use k-codes for everything.. and then even thought it was appropriate to tell adelaide fire they were available in an MFS stations area... (using k-codes of course "adelaide fire we're K6 ??'s area")

surely weve all read our sop's? especially the ones that apply directly to us...

EDIT to include :
LOL... perhaps im just cynical and like to stir ppl up though... sorry.