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General Discussion => SAMFS => Topic started by: steve707 on May 12, 2010, 02:00:58 PM

Title: MV Gallantry
Post by: steve707 on May 12, 2010, 02:00:58 PM: what level of training do the crews that repond this vessel receive and is it fully crewed by mfs or does another agency provide a driver
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: Monger on May 12, 2010, 03:45:39 PM: Quote from: steve707 on May 12, 2010, 02:00:58 PM
what level of training do the crews that repond this vessel receive and is it fully crewed by mfs or does another agency provide a driver

Not 100% on all details. But it is fully crewed by MFS staff. The crew members are trained as Marine Operators. Think the driver has a Master 4 license?? Pretty sure they train on the Gallantry 2 days a week
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: SA Firey on May 13, 2010, 08:39:59 AM: Correct is fully crewed by SAMFS, and crews are responded to the Gallantry from Largs North station and the Duty Marine Master from Port Adelaide.
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: steve707 on May 13, 2010, 12:04:57 PM: so are any of the mfs guys licensed to drive the boat or is the port master the only one. Also do they have any smaller boats
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: Darren on May 13, 2010, 12:25:52 PM: There is a marine officer and a marine operator, they have all the tickets to operate the boat etc, the crew form largs or the port crew it for the firefighting side of things.

For info the boat was used 9 times last year....
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: Monger on May 13, 2010, 04:57:07 PM: Quote from: steve707 on May 13, 2010, 12:04:57 PM
so are any of the mfs guys licensed to drive the boat or is the port master the only one. Also do they have any smaller boats

The port master is SAMFS. There is no smaller boats.
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: Hazmat206 on May 13, 2010, 07:25:32 PM: Training is on Mondays, wednesdays & fridays. Appliances from other stations relief the station during this time. I think salisbury, elizabeth and woodville rotate the reliefs
Title: Re: MV Gallantry
Post by: Darren on May 14, 2010, 10:57:50 AM: We try and rotate between every 2 appliance station, some people get jack of going to largs every other day.