SA Firefighter

After heading off to the world RCR championships representing Australia, Laura SES took out first place in the rapid extrication section of the competition. Not too bad for the only volunteer crew in the competition...

Well done lads.

Quote from: pipster on October 13, 2006, 04:35:11 PM
And you end up with your neighbouring service getting a full set of rescue gear, when you already have the gear...with no checks done in relation to whether or not the gear is required or not......

Grants are great, but really, shouldn't the CFS be better funded, so we don't need to go begging for things that we actually use - like vehicle fridges, TV / DVD players & stuff like that!!

Pip

Just wait until they introduce the new budget system like the did with the SES, then it will be back to the good old days of begging, stealing and borrowing everything you can because you are competing against every other regional brigade for new equipment etc. Ask anyone who is dealing with the new SES budget system just how wonderful it is...  :|

A fire fighter is working on the engine outside the station, when he notices a little boy next door in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the side, and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle. The boy is wearing a fire fighter's helmet and has the wagon tied to a dog and a cat.

The fire fighter walks over to take a closer look.

"That sure is a nice fire truck," the fire fighter says with admiration.

"Thanks mister," the boy says.

The fire fighter looks a little closer and notices the boy has tied the wagon to the dog's collar and to the cat's testicles.

"Little partner," the fire fighter says, "I don't want to tell you how to run your fire truck, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster."

The little boy says, "You're probably right, mister, but then I wouldn't have a siren."