SA Firefighter
General Discussion => Incident Operations => Topic started by: Scania_1 on September 17, 2006, 02:03:02 PM
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Must be a decent one they even called in the proffessionals.
12:59:44 17-09-06 MFS: RESPOND GRASS FIRE 17/09/06 12:58,PORT LINCOLN MFS,PORT LINCOLN, MAP 0 0 0 ,,ASSIST CFS AT GRASSFIRE WOODS RD - CONTACT LINCOLN BASE,549*CFSRES:
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Bodie and Doyle!
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Must be a decent one they even called in the proffessionals.
12:59:44 17-09-06 MFS: RESPOND GRASS FIRE 17/09/06 12:58,PORT LINCOLN MFS,PORT LINCOLN, MAP 0 0 0 ,,ASSIST CFS AT GRASSFIRE WOODS RD - CONTACT LINCOLN BASE,549*CFSRES:
Must of been desperate!
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Pay rate is better on Sundays :roll:
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Must be a decent one they even called in the proffessionals.
12:59:44 17-09-06 MFS: RESPOND GRASS FIRE 17/09/06 12:58,PORT LINCOLN MFS,PORT LINCOLN, MAP 0 0 0 ,,ASSIST CFS AT GRASSFIRE WOODS RD - CONTACT LINCOLN BASE,549*CFSRES:
Semi-professional, they're retained.
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roughly how much would a retainer make
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Depends on how busy the brigade is, but i dont think you could live off of it
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Its usually something along the lines of $x a month plus $x per incident plus $x if incidents go over x amount of time. I believe thats what other states do, dont know about SA.
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SF70 from Gambier said it was about 10-12 grand?? a year at his station and thats the busiest in the state, so definatly not enough to live off.
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SF70 from Gambier said it was about 10-12 grand?? a year at his station and thats the busiest in the state, so definatly not enough to live off.
thats pretty average, considering you have to pass a heap of tests again, and gambier do 500+ jobs a year. you also have to attend at least half of the calls for each month. not too good for that much time.
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im sure ath can clarify, but;
all retainees get a $350 (i believe) retainer per month, plus you get paid by the hour the same pay rate as a fulltime FF, every call you attend, you get 3 hrs pay regardless of if you make the truck (you just have to be at the station within allocated time period.. ten minutes i think) and get paid more depending on how many hours your out there...
there is no extra pay as far s im aware for prolonged incidents...
im not sure whether SOs or SFs get more.....
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im sure ath can clarify, but;
all retainees get a $350 (i believe) retainer per month, plus you get paid by the hour the same pay rate as a fulltime FF, every call you attend, you get 3 hrs pay regardless of if you make the truck (you just have to be at the station within allocated time period.. ten minutes i think) and get paid more depending on how many hours your out there...
there is no extra pay as far s im aware for prolonged incidents...
im not sure whether SOs or SFs get more.....
Like you said ath can clarify but as i am aware
there is the retainer, which last time i looked at joining was about $230.
$16.20 for the first hour of the callouts (although i believe this has increased)and another rate based on 15 min intervals i think thereafter.
and SO & SFF do get paid more.
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Not paid the same as fulltimers though.. Considerably less actually...
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Must be a decent one they even called in the proffessionals.
12:59:44 17-09-06 MFS: RESPOND GRASS FIRE 17/09/06 12:58,PORT LINCOLN MFS,PORT LINCOLN, MAP 0 0 0 ,,ASSIST CFS AT GRASSFIRE WOODS RD - CONTACT LINCOLN BASE,549*CFSRES:
You donkey slong!!!!!!!!!
Professionalism is a state of mind ........ NOT A RATE OF PAY!
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...and get paid more depending on how many hours your out there...
there is no extra pay as far s I'm aware for prolonged incidents...
...Nice way to contradict yourself there son.
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My comment about professionals was definitely tongue in cheek so theres no need to be touchy. I was a CFS member for nearly 20 years and have nothing but respect for what the vollies do. MFS retained firies are not in it for the money they do a lot of extra stuff for nothing including station duties and PR visits. The monthly is about $240 for a firie and hourly rate is $17.80 for all no matter what your rank. Minimum is an hour not 3 (I wish).
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i thought SFF & SO's got more money...maybe a bigger retainer?
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Yes Camo SFF and SO`s get a tad higher retainer.Same hourly.
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see told you ath could fix it up... :wink:
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Must be a decent one they even called in the proffessionals.
12:59:44 17-09-06 MFS: RESPOND GRASS FIRE 17/09/06 12:58,PORT LINCOLN MFS,PORT LINCOLN, MAP 0 0 0 ,,ASSIST CFS AT GRASSFIRE WOODS RD - CONTACT LINCOLN BASE,549*CFSRES:
The fire itself wasnt too big. It was just hot, blowing a gale, near a house and at a point was spotting about 250m!
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since the fighting stoped its diffrant
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since the fighting stoped its diffrant
different...like your spelling! kidding mate. :-D
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hey i am the bad speller on this webestie
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Wasn't desperate....!! Lincoln CFS just know if they need a crew with in 5 min that MFS are pretty quick to RES where other brigades are at least 10 - 15 min from being mobile.
Personally I'd like a second back up crew ASAP not 20 min away.
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Wasn't desperate....!! Lincoln CFS just know if they need a crew with in 5 min that MFS are pretty quick to RES where other brigades are at least 10 - 15 min from being mobile.
Personally I'd like a second back up crew ASAP not 20 min away.
Settle Pettle Just a comment made in fun
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Wasn't desperate....!! Lincoln CFS just know if they need a crew with in 5 min that MFS are pretty quick to RES where other brigades are at least 10 - 15 min from being mobile.
Personally I'd like a second back up crew ASAP not 20 min away.
You need to remember that Rural brigades don't live 5 mins or less from their stations and aren't sitting waiting for the pagers to drop...they have lives and a living to earn...oh and by the way, the two nearest brigades are 15-20kms away...
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Some rural brigade can take up to 20 mins to turn out to a call,why?? well they have lots of cattel/stock gates to open and close,the station is more than 15/20 kms away.....
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It the difference between Region one and most other places in the state. We've got it fantastic here, yet people seem to forget that...
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It's something that Urban brigades forget quite quickly...and the fact that we are all volunteers...sometimes we can't just drop everything and run... :wink: