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Country Fire Service / Re: Removing members from the books
« on: January 06, 2011, 08:03:25 PM »
Brigades can have their own rules, but it's not an automatic process. You have to write to them I think twice before an application can be made to region to have them removed.
I think membership of many experienced long serving members will end up being cancelled or handed in if that came in. Its hard enough getting them to do the burn over drill some times.
I think membership of many experienced long serving members will end up being cancelled or handed in if that came in. Its hard enough getting them to do the burn over drill some times.
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Country Fire Service / Re: Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating
« on: December 30, 2010, 08:06:28 PM »Is there a website that actually states what the FDI's are for towns that is readily accessible?
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/sa?list=ob&subset=a#list has current ops
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Country Fire Service / Re: Requirements to Drive CFS Vehicles on Fireground
« on: December 20, 2010, 08:21:12 AM »
captain has to authorise and sight the licenses of any drivers of any of cfs fleet vehicle.
They decide who can drive what and when.
Provision/Probational License holders can't respond P1
Until there is enough funding for the responding in a emergency courses, I doubt they can make it a requirement for all drivers as a must have
They decide who can drive what and when.
Provision/Probational License holders can't respond P1
Until there is enough funding for the responding in a emergency courses, I doubt they can make it a requirement for all drivers as a must have
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 23, 2010, 12:35:46 PM »Who is CS6?
According to http://www.sascan.net.au/?page=infPages/infAmbulance
Clinical Support Officers
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 22, 2010, 03:28:20 PM »Often is. Is Barker34P allowed to go so far out of the area
Why wouldn't it be?
Figured it would leave Mt Barker and surrounds short on fire cover, but considering they were in Hahndorf good thinking from someone.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 22, 2010, 12:58:28 PM »Interesting.. quite a few trucks closer than them?
Often is. Is Barker34P allowed to go so far out of the area
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Country Fire Service / Re: Off air decoder programming
« on: November 13, 2010, 08:59:41 AM »
Are you in the CFS? If so, talk to your brigade comms officer, or the group comms officer. They need to fill in a M01 form, but different groups have different setups as to who does this stuff.
The old feed is still available at http://paging.sacfs.org/feed1/public.php
Cheers for that. Yeh I tried that, but for some reason my script thinks the columns are different and just sends me Blank msgs now. Will have to fix it up before season starts, plus look for this M01 form.
Cheers
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Country Fire Service / Re: Off air decoder programming
« on: November 12, 2010, 12:32:06 PM »
Who do you need to speak to sms pages? And what conditions are placed on who can?
Other option can they email them instead?
ATM since I have no reception at work I have a script that scapes the sacfs paging site looking for what I want to know about and either just get an email or forward it out our sms gateway depending on what it is. Works ok (well it did before site changed the formatting and I haven't got around to fixing it), but it generates a false results, it's delayed, and chews a fair bit of data.
Other option can they email them instead?
ATM since I have no reception at work I have a script that scapes the sacfs paging site looking for what I want to know about and either just get an email or forward it out our sms gateway depending on what it is. Works ok (well it did before site changed the formatting and I haven't got around to fixing it), but it generates a false results, it's delayed, and chews a fair bit of data.
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All Equipment discussion / Re: New CFS Village Pumper
« on: November 05, 2010, 11:18:44 AM »
is this the one?
http://www.safirefighter.com/boards/index.php?topic=2597.0
Or more pics at:
http://www.ozfire.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17051 (Rego required to view the pics)
http://www.safirefighter.com/boards/index.php?topic=2597.0
Or more pics at:
http://www.ozfire.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17051 (Rego required to view the pics)
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OFF Topic / Yr 12 Muck up day
« on: November 05, 2010, 11:10:24 AM »Lets hope this one does not get away.....
The scratches on my car say otherwise
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Hypotheticals / Re: Domestic Response
« on: October 08, 2010, 02:11:45 PM »
pretty sure they roll all BA brigades in our group to confirmed fires, but I can't be sure. I'd say the theory is to get enough BA operators coz the chances are, each will only have 1or2 members on each truck at best. Not sure what the first alarm response is though.
I guess it would really depend on where it was and what resources the closest brigade has.
I guess it would really depend on where it was and what resources the closest brigade has.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: October 04, 2010, 08:40:22 PM »04-10-10 18:01:54 Reminder Kadina Brigade meeting tomorrow night 5/10/10 1900hrs. Election for Captain to be held. Steve - CFS Kadina Info
strange thing to be happening just after AGM time
Could be the Captain got voted into a group position after the brigade elections.
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Country Fire Service / Re: Euan Resigns...
« on: October 02, 2010, 07:18:44 PM »Interesting time on verge of the busy period for the CFS......
it's never the right time to take on a new job for the place you are leaving.
Take the opportunities when they present.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: South Australia's billion dollar Budget cuts leaked to media
« on: September 25, 2010, 06:12:00 PM »
from my experience it's easier in government agencies to have budget for operational expenditure (lease/rent), than it is for capital exp(out right). Cap ex is the first thing to get the slash during budget cuts. You also run into the problem where in year 1 you spend a few mill on new things, then in 5-7 years when you need to replace them you won't be able to find the money.
The other painful thing is that you can't carry money over year to year. So you can't save it up.
Until the government fixes how the money works, unfortunately poor spending decisions need to be done.
The other painful thing is that you can't carry money over year to year. So you can't save it up.
Until the government fixes how the money works, unfortunately poor spending decisions need to be done.
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Country Fire Service / Re: Incident Stats
« on: September 23, 2010, 08:52:27 PM »Any jobs that you attend will show up on your TAS, which you can check through the CFS website members section.
So if you went to a job and it isn't on your TAS list then it hasn't been entered into the system (and there could be lots of reasons why it hasn't happened).
Or it's been listed to someone else.
a couple calls earlier this year have most of our 70yr+ support members as attending
If paperwork isn't being received, is incomplete, unreadable or wrong, there should be a process to follow up with the brigade if there is missing reports so that it is accurate. It's going to end up in court one day and hopefully the brigade has filed a copy of their own. Thats assuming that they have done the report in the first place and haven't forgotten.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: September 23, 2010, 11:57:30 AM »Suprised noone noticed this... All those false alarms, and then the system doesn't activate for the real deal! Not good. Hopefully not too much 'serious' damage.
Where'd you see this. Can't see it anywhere.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: September 16, 2010, 04:26:22 PM »Were we talking about CFA?
I wasn't initially. I saw another one earlier today with the same Green code.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: September 15, 2010, 06:16:24 PM »And ya think thats the interesting part of the message....
I have strange interests
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: September 15, 2010, 06:05:15 PM »
MFS: *CFSRES INC035 15/09/10 16:37,RESPOND RUBBISH FIRE,48 VINCENT RD,PARALOWIE MAP 60 H 16 TG182,CODE GREEN,SUSPECT CALLER REPORTING FIRE IN FRONT Y,ARD, FROM A PHONE IN QUEENSLAND...,SAIR55 SAL321 - MFS Salisbury 321
Are colour codes a normal thing?
Is it a P2 or beware type of response?
Are colour codes a normal thing?
Is it a P2 or beware type of response?
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: March 15, 2010, 01:44:18 PM »meanwhile it turns out to be a 3rd/4thish alarm grass fire....
Since it should have been probably swanport groups in the first place, it may have not have got raised at all. Palmer, Callington & Monarto would have been better choices rather than Nairne/ Brukunga. All's good in hindsight.
Bad info from caller or bad info in what ever is used to dispatch which brigades.
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Country Fire Service / Re: GO/DGO/Duty Officer Responding to Incidents
« on: March 09, 2010, 03:00:50 PM »
I don't know what the official procedure is, but our GO's don't generally respond to everything, but they do listen in. So they may not be on scene, but they are aware of what is happening. I would say that if they make it there first, they would assume IC, but I would if they don't expect to stay they pass it onto someone else.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: February 10, 2010, 09:20:00 PM »
"PAGING TEST IF YOU DIDNT GET THIS PAGE AND YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE CONTACT STATH COMMS CFS Strathalbyn Info"
hmm
hmm
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Emergency Aircraft / Re: SA watches trial of giant waterbomber
« on: July 01, 2009, 04:32:40 PM »
something like this seems more appropriate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDa0gs6c6FU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDa0gs6c6FU