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SA Firefighter General / Re: 10 is too old
« on: August 25, 2010, 07:36:01 AM »I do hope this is in reference to Smoke Alarms...
lmao..... sadly I recognise the way your thinking works...lol
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I do hope this is in reference to Smoke Alarms...
The outcome of this will be intresting.
The issue for almost the entire victor harbour group is that the people live in teh town and the fire stations are out of the town. There has been intense recruitment advertising within victor for the last few years now. Perhaps putting a CFS station in or on the edge of the town would be a good move ending up with a similar system to say Woomera.
Victor Harbour could and should be the first chance to trial a Integrated Brigade. (Paid and Volunteers). Port Lincoln was a missed opportunity...
Looking at the statistics for Victor MFS, they respond to 20 grasses & a lot of alarms. Having Pump/Rescue, 1 Pump, 1 Pump/Tank & 1 Tanker would make it an even mix to respond to a variety of jobs.
Haha You cant be serious. Combined station of paid and voluteers, yeah that would go down just fine. I can see the arguments now.
BTW Victor MFS responds to nearly 250 calls a year
correct...no noticable difference what-so-ever
there is a place for both. Just so long as the dodgy one of the two companies lifts its game....
... does a high risk low call brigade really need a truck worth several hundred thousand or a 60,000 van.
Also as a pump will probably respond as well...
QuoteAgain, just cos Joe Blow your Brigade Officer says you did it right, wont hold up in OHS court.....
If you read the letter correctly it says that a CFS Career Staff Member will be conducting the validation.
The new CABA accreditation is a re validation for a start. The reason this process is being piloted is it to make it easier for volunteers to keep their accreditation current.
Your brigade has a legal compliance to make sure it is done correctly and that it is not a tick and flick process.
The initial course does teach you to wear BA and the search and rescue procedures, all of this which can be practiced at brigade or group level exercises. At the end of the day how hard is it to don, start up, wear your PPE correctly, doff and recomission your set.