SA Firefighter

Yes CFS_firey even when SAPOL were on VHF long before GRN was even thought of it was very much illegal for bikie gangs,drink drivers, dope plant growers and home invaders to monitor SAPOL transmissions

However SAPOL didn't have a problem emergency service volunteers like myself monitoring their VHF transmissions because there were numerous occasions during the fire season/summer where Police officers were first on scene of a fire and radioed for CFS response

I can refer back to the Claywells fire just outside of Millicent during the 1997-1998 fire season i think it was..... anyway on that day i was monitoring SAPOL transmissions and heard that they were chasing after the fire to try and block off a road but couldn't keep up with it because the fire was moving too fast

On hearing about this fire i told my parents even before the pager sounded

Pump trailers like the one Kalangadoo brigade has would've saved emergency service personnel alot of time in early stages of the floods as the water could have been easily pumped out of flooded homes after sandbags were put in place       

It's a pity that SOC didn't ask for CFS personnel from South East Brigades to respond and help out with sand bagging as i would've put my hand up straight away to help out

After all SOC paged SES personnel from the South East on Saturday as i was listening to Wattle Range SES respond to this callout on my scanner because they were at the Millicent show when paged

It's good to hear the scanner back online again Matt.. while listening to it i noticed S.L.S.A CH 1 come up on the screen is this SAPOL not using their usual Digital radios or is it another service

If it is SAPOL would it be possible that SAPOL South East is using Analogue mode instead of Digital mode as well 

What area of SA do you live in FIREFIGHTER_SA... i live in the Lower South East and down here we have various businesses who can visit residential & industrial areas and give advice on what fire fighting equipment would be best suited for in your neighbors case rural area living

When it came to me installing an ex CFS fire hose onto my dads fire pump i called CHUBB Fire Safety and a guy came out to my place in Kalangadoo the very next day and gave me free advice on as well as fire hose fittings

It all comes down to what rural area of SA you live and what fire safety&equipment services are available there

Below is a few safety equipment providers in the South East who give advice as well site visits

* Mount Gambier Safety Supplies
* Safety Med Fire & Rescue
* CHUBB Fire Safety
* Green Triangle Fire Protection

the list goes on so all your neighbors has to do is look in the yellow pages under Fire Protection Equipment & Consultants

I would purchase both the book and CD if it had Region 5 frequencies,talkgroups etc...etc as well as freqeucnies for private forestry companies in the South East and media services too

OMGWTF is right on the money being that Kalangadoo brigade goes to sleep during the winter months when nothing is happening i need to have something to do such as respond to storm damage or land search

As for rivalry between brigades in the CFS kat,Kalangadoo brigade had a rivalry with Nangwarry brigade because we beat the pants off of them in a competition for their CFS trophy shield they a long time ago but now we get along just fine

Thats very true David the SES often recruit a person who is wearing 2 hats but it's harder for us firies to become members of the SES so we have something to do during the off season 

Believe me i have tried about 2 or 3 times to join the SES but have had my application rejected just because i wear a cap which has a red and yellow SA State Logo with CFS printed in the middle

Why cant the CFS & SES in rural South Australia just get along with each other like their city relatives do as this silly cross service rivalry has gone on for long enough and should stop

I looked into going for my MR licence through TLC in Mount Gambier but found out it cost more than i get paid fortnightly by centrelink

By having a LRT 14 QA unit to co-inside with our current appliance Kalangadoo 34, being that im always first to Kalangadoo base on receipt of a callout i can wait around for another brigade volunteer to rock up then roll in Kalangadoo 14 to the incident and if required call for Kalangadoo 34 to respond 

Like i said before in my earlier post our brigade has alot of agricultural area to cover so having a 14 QA unit would make a big difference as the fire could be contained in it's early stage rather than after it gets worse

Are the Multi Agency Talkgroups on the normal SAGRN frequencies or SAGRN Simplex frequencies

i have acquired the ID'S from your site matt and have read the info on how to program a trunk tracker 3 to correctly scan the SAGRN but do i place the data frequencies in first or the voice channels

How did you get the MFS Dispatch ID matt as im looking to programming my 780xlt to recieve the Mount Gambier MFS Dispatch ID as well as all other South East emergency service ID's

It would be real good to have a 14 unit in our station rescue5271 but i think we'll more likely lose or have to move the pump trailer out of bay 2 so that our shed can accommodate for 2 vehicles

There is that chance we might lose Kalangadoo 34 in exchange for Kalangadoo 14 but theres a likely possibility that we'll keep our 34 appliance and Kalangadoo Light Rural Tray 14 will be designated for the brigade members who dont have a MR licence and are first down the shed on receipt of a callout

You are right rescue5271 i should ask the CFS CEO if Kalangadoo can have a LRT 14 QA unit but maybe i'll put that on the brigade wish list and see what our GO&DGO say