SA Firefighter
General Discussion => SA Firefighter General => Topic started by: SA Firey on April 30, 2008, 04:47:27 PM
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Well ladies and gentleman finally Channel 9 has issued a release date for the show thay have been teasing us all for the last 4 months with promos for it. 8-)
Wednesday May 7th
http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=6426§ionname=fire000
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It'll be good to see such a professional bunch of blokes, doing what they do best... :wink:
As long as they don't air any car fires in Punchbowl, I'm a safe man! :-P
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DAM,DAM..... We dont get nine down here will have to ask someone to tape it for me each week......Or I better come and work back in Adelaide for a little longer :roll:
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Golly, whoever wrote the blurb doesn't know much about how the fire service works, or even much about the fire service it seems (They even left the "s" off the end of NSWFB!). Lets hope the TV show is a little better...
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Speaking of the blurb, it does make for some great reading:
A fire officer gets a 000 alert and our crews are right there every step of the way.
Fire officer? Welcome to politically correct land I guess...
This series will deliver real-time stories of hope, drama and jeopardy, mixed with heart-felt emotion and fascinating NSW Fire Brigade procedure.
Yes ladies and gents, our procedure is fascinating you had better believe it.
"Watch this week as the Men and Women Fire Officers at City of Sydney Fire Station reset a fire alarm in a Hotel, mere minutes after resetting one in a Brothel, mere minutes after having their dinner interrupted"
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"Watch this week as the Men and Women Fire Officers at City of Sydney Fire Station reset a fire alarm in a Hotel, mere minutes after resetting one in a Brothel, mere minutes after having their dinner interrupted"
Were you having chicken or beef for dinner? Im told it makes all the difference!! :-D
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Speaking of the blurb, it does make for some great reading:
You missed:
.... fascinating NSW Fire Brigade procedure. struggles with emotion, and who puts on a tough facade?
Good sir, (or perhaps blurb-writing officer?), sentences are supposed to make sense and that last sentence does not.
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may be it was the same person that wrote FIREFLYS?? Must be a NSW thing :roll:
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be awsum if they did somethin similar in S.A.......
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there's only so many alarm calls that you could fit into one episode tho.......
:evil: :evil: :evil: :-D
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:lol:
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Ah, but atleast you would get to see the entire SAMFS fleet at every alarm call!
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i was thinkin somethin similar featuring the C.F.S who knows mite help with recruitment......
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i was thinkin somethin similar featuring the C.F.S who knows mite help with recruitment......
Episode 1.. " The various members of the crew sat at home and at work today, it was a typically quiet day, the Pager never sounded, the station doors never opened, and life went on.."
-Compared to the NSWFB, I know what I'd rather watch..
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Not a hard choice is it :-D
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no hang on we just need the camera crews to be filming when DEH deiced to light a prescribed burn :-D :-D
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no hang on we just need the camera crews to be filming when DEH deiced to light a prescribed burn :-D :-D
And it would be called "Out of Control Burnoff in Progress" :-P
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So what did we learn from last weeks episode?
A) If you have a red helmet, you don't need to wear correct PPE.
B) If you have a camera crew up your clacker, wear your uniform 'correctly' to a stupid extent.
I wonder what we'll see this week :wink:
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- That Australs/Varleys should *all* be replaced with Scanias!
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Ah bugger missed this weeks eposode hope they release it on DVD :?
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"..there is petrol EVERYWHERE and they are surrounded by car wires and pieces of smashed battery..."
Lol...omg we're gonna die!
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Ah bugger missed this weeks eposode hope they release it on DVD :?
I missed it too but I wouldn't worry, having watched the first episode I don't think it's too hard to predict (surprise surprise it's a fire service responding to calls and the cameras/producers playing it up!). It certainly reminded me why I don't watch commercial (or hardly any) tv - beats me how anyone can put up with all those adverts.
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This week, we learnt that Vehicle accidents are explosive situations, it's ok to spray power lines and transformers with water if you do it in pulses, and cars parked on the street could engulf the neighbourhood if not extinguished quickly.
Exciting stuff.
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and cars parked on the street could engulf the neighbourhood if not extinguished quickly.
especially when they're parked next to a metal fence.....and just a lawn for the 30 metres the other side of it before the house...
...oh bugger...I just admitted I watched an episode of this shi te.........
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I thought introducting oxygen to an oxygen starved fire was called a backdraft, not a flashover...?
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I hope that you also noted that a SINGLE EMBER from a van alight could have caused another HUGE bushfire on an ISOLATED stretch of ROAD.
BA for a car fire? HA HA HA, suck it up son! Smoke eating is good for the lungs.
S/O's are physically incapable of donning flashhoods correctly.
TIC Camera? Its like an ATM Machine.
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I hope this show comes out on DVD as we have not had it on TV down here
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I thought introducting oxygen to an oxygen starved fire was called a backdraft, not a flashover...?
to be technically correct introducing oxygen could cause either phenomenon to occur. All depends on the conditions in the room/structure.
I am shocked at the lack of BA use for car fires!!!
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I thought introducting oxygen to an oxygen starved fire was called a backdraft, not a flashover...?
to be technically correct introducing oxygen could cause either phenomenon to occur. All depends on the conditions in the room/structure.
I am shocked at the lack of BA use for car fires!!!
To be technically correct, if there is limited ventilation and hence a lack of oxygen - the introduction of oxygen causes a sudden deflagration, thats a backdraught.
You can introduce as much oxygen as you want to a room, but until the room and its contents are heated sufficiently, and there is an ignition point for the released pyrolysis gases, it ain't flashing.
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As firefrog stated, it depends on the conditions / type of room/structure and level at which the fire has developed.
The introduction of oxygen could cause it to flash. If the oxygen causes an IM (of pyrolosis gasses, heat and I/S) the room / fire could reach flash point.. - It is all dependant on the type of room, structure, condition of fire etc.
Things not really worth debating about in this thread..
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Why not? It's a Thursday morning and I'm sure we could all use another terrible tail chasing debate ;)
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Hehe.. Could crack a few early bev's, sit back and watch the fun..
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Anybody know the SOP's for NSWFB in regards to Car Fires?
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........... Put it out.
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........... Put it out.
Put it out using FOAM before its starts a BUSHFIRE or DESTROYS a neighbourhood. Also check if its on gas.
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... In the most MANLY way possible. BA is to be left at the station, under lock and KEY.
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RescueHazmat....yes duh :wink:...but SOP for employing Self-Protection (ie BA)?
Id like to know the stats of retired firey's in there 70-80's and what medical conditions they have....for NSWFB i can only picture it being somewhat grim.
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C'mon Zippy.. You have to be quicker than that mate.. - Clearly tongue in cheek.. :P
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...the winter flu dont help with humour my bad :(
Guys down at the South East, i have heard it is going to DVD ;)
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Zippy, I think you'll find that like most modern day fire services and the CFS, BA should be worn in a HOTS environment. It's usually upto the individual to make the decision. Its an issue the world over in relation to firefighting and when to use BA.
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I thought introducting oxygen to an oxygen starved fire was called a backdraft, not a flashover...?
to be technically correct introducing oxygen could cause either phenomenon to occur. All depends on the conditions in the room/structure.
I am shocked at the lack of BA use for car fires!!!
To be technically correct, if there is limited ventilation and hence a lack of oxygen - the introduction of oxygen causes a sudden deflagration, thats a backdraught.
You can introduce as much oxygen as you want to a room, but until the room and its contents are heated sufficiently, and there is an ignition point for the released pyrolysis gases, it ain't flashing.
6739264 but you are only partly correct. 8-)
If an increase in oxygen causes a sudden event such as blow torching from openings then that is likely to be a back draught. A back draught is only likely to occur in a room where there is a lot of heat and the room is rich in fuel, most probably above the UFL.
By definition a flash over is the point at which a growing fire transitions and becomes a fully involved fire (that could be a very fast and violent event but not a back draught. So in the absence of sufficient heat in an oxygen starved fire a back draught may not occur, however the overall increase in fire behaviour due to more air may infact cause the fire to become rapidly fully involved by flashing over especially if the room is already rich in fuel.
But that's off topic, still would not put out a car fire without BA. Too many firies are dying of cancer. The national UFU are having a campaign right now about awareness of workplace exposure to all sorts of nasties.
Only need one fire fighter to Don up and only takes 30 - 50 seconds to do.
Play safe I say!
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Only need one fire fighter to Don up and only takes 30 - 50 seconds to do.
or in the case of the particular fire service in the Fire000 show...they can don up enroute to the job...and start up within a eye-shot of the vehicle on fire. ;)
They must just hate cleaning there masks.
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Takes 5 mins.. And beats the heck outa a lungh full of plastc / epoxy / rubber / synthetic and fuel vapours, gasses and smoke.
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6739264 but you are only partly correct. 8-)
I'd like to hope that we can at least agree that the terminology used on the tele was incorrect ;)
Certainly nill excuse to not be wearing BA when the set is mounted in your seat...
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Some people learn the hard way....why would you not afford the best protection for your respiratory system, unless you have a death wish :evil:
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Just turn the monitor on and sit back,it will go out sooner or later.....
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Good to see 88 wearing BA this time! Although still lacking the flashhood!
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Bugger missed it again :-(
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Just turn the monitor on and sit back,it will go out sooner or later.....
Monitor?
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Up on the roof, or down on the ground...
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Does any one know if it is going to return?
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Rang channel 9 yesterday, no plans on the show returning :-(
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There should be an SA version called "Alerts (Your local brigade number here)"
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"yes hello, oh its doris here... bazza's out in the paddock... youve got a what?"