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..... is the standard MFS response (in MFS area) to a VF 1 or 2 pumps?
What keeps me there? The satisfaction of knowing we're great at what we do, helping the community and the friends I have made.
I was 11 and didn't know any better
.... people dont have to say thanks, the look on their faces says it all!
not only that, but im getting life experience and skills, and its all in my spare time!
... then i joined and have loved most of it ever since.
and i haven't had many people not be able to understand the not being paid side of it but have had many people not understand the enthusiasm of it.
1909195 18:40:30 08-11-07 TANKER IS NOW OFF LINE UNTIL IT CAN BE JUMP STARTED, DUE TO VHF BEING LEFT ON. WE ARE NOW DOWN TO 1 APPLIANCE. THANKS RAY FOR ORGANISING IT FOR TOMORROW.LT2 CFS: Salisbury
Don't you guys use isolators & trickle chargers? If you don't no what I'm talking about have a look at the RHS of the SES Isuzus
Isolaters do get used....its a matter of drivers remembering to turn them off. A good idea for brigades to go through is a Truck shutdown checklist after everytime the appliance is used....goes through everything like "what is the current fuel level...IF under 5/8ths ring so and so to arrange a time for a driver to take it for a refuel". good old prompting.
When i did BFF1 at start of the year, GRN radio operation was a part of it. There are two booklets covering them (additional to the folder), and we were trained in the operation of them. and anyway..its a 30min process to learn how to use them hehe.
It is a part of the course, so it should be covered. if not, why not.
GRN TRAINING IS NOT PART OF THE BFF1. Some brigades/groups have been doing it as part of the BFF1 training programme. Which means it is an adition to the programme. I personally do not see how you could teach GRN Training correctly in 30 mins as their are 3 different modules to do: 1. SAGRN Network which includes a 10 minute video with Keith Conlon. 2. SAGRN Mobile radio. 3. SAGRN Portable radio. Just doing these sections correctly with the CFS specifics of the radio systems would at least make the training go for a minimum of 60 minutes at least. (MAYBE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SAGRN NETWORK. WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SAYING IT IS THE SYSTEM WHEN IN FACT IT IS PROBABLY OPERATOR ERROR DUE TO THE LACK OF CORRECT TRAINING BEING PERFORMED IN THE TRAINING WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE DELIVERED.)
I heard the same thing today that you are unable to use the training kits as well due to the training units are now being placed into fire appliances. But think about it you do not need a training kit to deliver the training. I think that you all have the CFS specific GRN radios in your station and appliances so you can use them. Might be a bit harder to do but is quite achievable. As a SAGRN instructor I have been delivering this way of training for the last 12 months from appliances and stations and it seems to work better as crew members can actually relate to the radio units which are in your station and appliances. Instead of having training kits which have handpieces with numeric keypad functions which you will never use on a fire appliance.
so are the people waiting ages short/fat, tall/skinny, tall/fat, etc???
reasons i heard were that the "odd" sizes werent as easy to supply....
Just forget it.. - What I was getting at Dez is the comment "Just use your eyes and ears" is a little too blase! .. It can often be too late by then.
You comment re: not planning unless your at a job..- Well heck, don't be anywhere near me when its the middle of January! I want someone who knows a bit about what to expect that day! At 8am when its already passing 30 degrees, hot northerly winds gusting at around 50/60kmh are starting to come through the gully's and the R/H is 0% with an FDI of 105.. - When the pager drops its going to be too bl00dy late! .. Pre planning or the information regarding weather and what its going to be doing can be crucial. So never just sayQuote from: Dezza....but use ya eyes and ears...and thats enough warning for a volunteer..
QuoteTrouble is, in many areas,there is a lack of radio operators / people willing to do radio..hence no base / station opens....
We are constantly being told to keep off / get off 124 / 111 once we have acknowledged a call.... so we end up with a quandary... go to a anther channel all by yourself, with no one to talk to, remain on 124 / 111 against what HQ are pushing, or use the Group Duty officer.....
It would help immensely, in the recruiting of new radio operators, if CFS actually had a course for it...which I understand is coming...not sure when
Pip
I would think any of the left over people who responded to the station would think...we need to open the station to take comes for this incident...log on to adelaide fire let appliances know you are open, and take them to the stations primary GRN channel.
In regards to "people lacking experience with comm's"...good idea for a training night.
pip will definately probably be able to tell ya which brigade heh
im gonna guess....Region 1 Light Group area
It'd be nice if the info being put out in the media was correct (not sure if the errors are in the info being provided to the media, or in the author of the story getting it wrong....)
The truck that crashed today was not a B- double at all..but a rigid, with what looked like a dog trailer....major difference to a B-double....
And I suppose, strictly speaking, the intersection of Glen Osmond - Portrush Rd is below the Heysen Tunnels....
And the info about the first crash, stating that the truck (which was a B- double) stated power poles were taken out by the "runaway truck"...I could only find the gooseneck light poles.....only a minor difference!
And then there was the headline in one of the articles I saw today "Chaos Corner"...gee whiz, today's crash didn't look like it was on a corner.... !!
Just a bit of fact, and some correct information in the story might be good!!
Pip
oh and something else may help too.....in the same way there are Primary and Support Fire Reports to send to HQ (i hope people know the meaning of Support response lol)...indicate in pager message that ur brigade is Primary or Support.
Maybe a clearer indication of Incident type like "MVA-Spill", "MVA-Injury", "RCR" also.
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are the only five CFS rope rescue brigade's in the state
RescueHazmat, winter is a figmant of our imaginations these days, the seasons go; summer, autumn, spring- or alternatively, wet and dry, like the territory. (Not that we get much rain anyway).
Perhaps it should be the Dry and the Drier Season?
I'm still waiting for winter.. !
summer is not that far way....
Do country based people believe this is the end of winter or do you believe more rain to come ?
I trust farmers local knowledge of the seasons better than BoM.
If we need payment to be considered "Professional" then "Thanks" from the communities we volunteer to serve and protect is payment enough for us.
I would of thought a Fire Fighter be they paid or vollie or retained.
aka someone who puts out fires!
Those that work on red trucks know the saying "its gotta be red" (red rooster commercial)
I had the oportunity to spend some time in hamely bridge CFS, In my opinon they are doing it hard. They need to move things around to squeeze in the trucks. Toilet i feel they should have a new station.
Does anybody else think they deserve a new station additions???
I feel this could be a positive way to support some of our poorer cousins.
anybody think of any others???
