SA Firefighter

Wrong,if the votes are tied then they draw  a name out of a hat and that is the office holder....

I'm not sure if that's the right process Bill...not according to the Regs..or is that just how it works in your area 

Now Heysen group officer has had a whinge to the region and there is going to be a re-vote next Wednesday.......sore loser

How can he?  If it's all been played above board...I can't see how he can make that happen?

I know from my Sydney deployment experience that WHITE rules...they have red and orange..hard to tell the difference..they called us the White angels..

We've been white for a long time..if people can't realise that fire trucks are white too...we must do our jobs well and are unobtrusive...can be a good thing...and yes, white is better at night..

harder to keep clean though..

We have 3 DGO's and need all of them as we have 15 brigades in our Group..

I'd agree it would be overkill for 3x DGO's for 5 or 6 brigades.. 

Wash our truck as required.  Remember the water restrictions people!!! haha

Also sweep the station floor whenever the dirt starts to build up.  No real point in cleaning the station too often as its not a sealed shed and the dust builds up over night and stuff sweeping it on the daily.

We are the same as Camo...we have all dirt to and from the station..it's very hard to keep the appliance clean..we've implemented a policy that if it's wet and muddy, take the truck for a run another day...no point in making it filthy!   

I agree with Pipster...if you don't have to see it..don't look..mind you the curious part of you will challenge your physical part.

I think that the SES handled that situation the best way possible...otherwise they would have many members tangled over the whole image.

I remember searching for a friend who had disappeared and we suspected that he'd taken his life...the anxiety associated with looking under every tree and rock expecting to find his body was enough...thankfully, we didn't find him, someone else did 6mths later. He was not far from where we were looking.

As far as I'm aware, they don't give out any medals in CFS for looking at dead bodies..

So, that would be more lies in the eyes of Wayne I suppose Rescue??

He needs to realise that sometimes it ends up being like chinese whispers and the message not always as it started!

I hope that the Forum proves to be constructive and some of THESE issues are addressed.

I Didnt mean to jump the gun - but I get frustrated when people put untruths on these sorts of web sites, the service is going through a very rough trot with the inquest to EP fires etc we dont need to fight amoungs ourselfs.
 
You can be as frustrated as you like Wayne but this information was given to me by someone from Adelaide...so, perhaps you should aim your frustrations at the right people.

I KNOW how rough it's been over here on EP...I've been right in the middle of it!

Yes, perhaps if more were booked they would think twice about doing it...

It's easy for Rural guys to forget that they aren't in a paddock and there is traffic to consider sometimes too..

I agree with anything that creates uniformity...we can't even agree as to whether it should be blue or green..

over here we are big fans of green only..blue is for MFS as far as we are concerned..

I think if they said right...here's what you can have..have as much of as you like...with the star etc...and after that, it can't have the star...probably exactly what is happening now.. 

I look at MFS and see how much better they look because they have such strict guidelines with what they wear...we just look like a bunch of misfits sometimes with a conglomerate of clothing...they have been talking about a deployment uniform since we went to Sydney in 2001..still nothing!

I don't know if it's law for them to stop but it might be worth a call to a RO and ask...if someone speeds past an incident with lights going, you can report them...would it be any different.

Wouldn't look good to take out another vehicle on the way to an incident..

You also have to consider that some people panic when they see lights and sirens and honestly, don't know what to do..
and that unless you are close or directly in front of the appliance, it's hard to hear in your car..unless you have the windows down..

SES have an urn etc in one of their rescue appliances...we were very glad of a cuppa at 3 in the morning..and it was freezing cold..

We are supposed to carry ration packs that can sustain your crew for the first 6 hrs...ours struggles to be refilled...I often grab a box of shapes on my way out..

If it looks like its going to go any distance and it's been or coming up to a meal time..we start asking for sustainance early...

As a Capt of 8 years and experienced in IMT..I find that as a female, we are able to see things from a different perspective (most times good) and aren't clouded by egos (sorry boys).

We are having our AGM in August and my peers are pressing me to nominate for a DGO position.

This just proves that gender is not an issue (but can be)....I have no female mentors but my peers and mentors are great blokes.

I think that sometimes the problem begins with the person...behave how you want to be treated BUT remember that this is a male dominated and non traditional field.