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MFS Oakden 301
Why don't we have full time CFS stations?
The answer is that it would make sense that's why we do not do it.
The benefits would be that the paid CFS stations would have a better response time, be able to supply the community with an excellent urban/rural response. The stations could be strategically placed to benefit responses not only in there busy patch which it would have to be to support paid staff but they could also assist volunteer brigades nearby not just in response but all sorts of tasks.
Instead of handing area over to MFS and still requiring CFS in the area for rural response and like in many areas response for RCR and EMA. As we all know MFS have one big job and their resources are stretched (not their fault just the way the system is!).
I don't think the CFSVA is dead against the idea as for the UFU at the end of the day if this did get up a paid firie is another potential union member.
Plus think of the potential source of employee's the CFS could gather paid members from.
It is pretty good to see that SAAS are taking a fairly modern approach to getting their messages and info out there, however I feel that people have trouble giving way to normal sized Ambulances let alone these new ones. Too many times have I seen idiots just race in front of an Ambulance entering an intersection. I think that there needs to be more hard hitting advertising to bring peoples attention around. Perhaps SAPOL can allow Ambulances to be fitted with cameras which Paramedics can use to report people who blatantly don't give way?
