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$9.6 million for the establishment of a new SAMFS fire station in the southern suburbs over the next 4 years.

And I believe approximately $4.7 million of that is for the construction of the station, does anyone else think that is a lot of money for a fire station ?? Remember this does not include land acquisition as it is already owned by SAFECOM.

Considering the CFS still has stations out there without power and toilets it does seem like a lot of dosh. One would have to assume this will be at least a two bay station, I'm guessing something similar to Golden Grove. Not bad for a station that will probably only get about 600 or 700 jobs, and only about 350 in its primary area.

Then again it could be worse - we could be the SES and have to run on $11 million for the whole service, interesting considering they actually spent over $12 million this financial year.

maybe they read this site as well?

Well this is SA Firefighter, not surprising that some paid MFS staff may occassionally frequent this site, not everyone here has to post 18 messages a day.

its baaaack

Some of them never went anywhere, if you know where to look they have been there the whole time.

I think the ones some of you were referring too just happened to coincidently break at the same time poor Kieran was copping it from DAIS. Rest assured though there will always be one going somewhere if you know who to speak to.

Cam this is just plain wrong..

The way many brigades that I have been involved in do it like this...

Once you decide to recruit a particular person or persons they are required to sign the registration book. From then on they are a CFS member and covered by all the usual OH&S regs and rules, this means that you also have to provide them with the necessary tools and equipment for them to stay safe in the CFS environs.

Once they are signed up the next thing you should be doing is going through the CFS induction process with them, this covers all the OH&S stuff, a bit about the Act / Regs, a bit about who is in charge in your Station / Group / Region etc, any relevant local brigade policies and procedures that you may have, also what training pathways they may wish to pursue etc etc, this normally takes an hour or two of their first night.

Next step should be to either fit them out in PPE or size them up so that gear can be ordered for them. They should be given all the equipment that is needed for training - Turnout gear, boots, helmets, gloves, goggles, dust masks etc etc.

From here on they should start doing training in your brigade, it might be one on one to get them up to speed on what everything does and where it is kept or it might be just as part of your standard training nights, you also need to get them booked on to a BFF1 course within 3 months of them signing the book - this is CFS policy. Continue to train them in-house until they have completed their BFF1, then once they have successfully done that and the brigade officers are happy that the person is capable of performing the duties of an operation firefighter advise them that they can now respond to incidents.

Some brigades issue pagers to recruits before they become operational so they can keep an eye on what is going on in the brigade and training etc, others wait until they have done BFF1 and use it as a reward for now completing all the training. Personally I find issuing pagers before making them operational beneficial, that way the person already understands how they work and what the response messages are like before they suddenly have to start responding to calls in the middle of the night.

Probably should be taken off line then, I think there is something in the OH&S regs about having to provide a safe working environment, sitting in a closed up truck filling with Carbon Monoxide fumes doesn't sound safe to me.

At least with the BA sets in the cab the crew in the back will be ok, pity the driver and OIC though.

The Dennis curse continues...

It is a support brigade, to assist with admin and logistics in HQ during bad days and big jobs. It is open to anyone that is interested, I believe Mick Ayre is the brigade Captain so give them a call if pushing paper and pens in the big house is your thing.

Posted by: RescueHazmat 
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Ventilation, whether tactical, hydraulic, forced or natural is something that needs to be undertaken with great care.. I have seen on too many occasions things go terribly wrong due to incorrect ventilation.

Could you give us some of your experiances, I would be interested to hear how things turned pear shaped. I know we ventilate all the time either by mechanical or natural means and things have always gone well.

Venitlation is something that needs to be done by experianced people, no point venting if you dont have an exhaust point and don't know what your doing.

What I heard from the people over there was one of the issues is their suitability in steep terrain, apparently the clincher was at a fire in Clarendon when one of them was driving up a moderate hill, the front wheels started to become airborne for no apparent reason - apparently was witnessed by a few people and everyone was just going F%#K.

Needless to say the paperwork from that incident probably helped the issue a bit. I believe they are being moved out to flatter areas now, not sure what CFS do about the trucks that are still out there though. I would have thought brigades like Summertown would now have a good reason to ask for a new truck.

Also I hear that Inman Valley will get their new 34 Monday night (tomorrow), a new station and now a new rig - better get the application forms out for those wanting to transfer.

1909123 12:34:43 02-01-07 Any person interested in a flight around the area on sunday 7th of jan at 0900 please contact LT 3 on 0427***** by wednesday night 02/01/07 12:35:43

Interesting, anyone know what this is all about ??

Barker will actually decide to de-register themselves as a CFS brigade and then form their own fire service, supplying a range of fire and EMS resources. MFS will then move in and a bitter row will evolve, crews will arrive and park on others hoses and fights will break out at jobs, crews in BA in going house fires will even have to deal with crews from other services turning off their air sets, some of this will be captured by the media and there will be public outcry.

Eventually Barker will prove that they provide a service equally as well as their paid brothers and the MFS will be asked by the community to leave town, Barker will once again reign supreme and will remain as a private fire service supported by the community and won't have to deal with the crap the CFS deals out to them anymore.

Just the way I see it unfolding in the future.

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Hey cranky I love referring to our bible, but yes there are some GO's and DGO's that dont

I have actually witnessed them turning up in a vehicle and no appliance in sight.

Well put what you saw in writing and pass it onto the Region. Breaching the SOP's / COSO's is not something that they can ignore and shouldn't be taken lightly, if a brigade is willing to break one rule how many others are they also breaking.

Take this seriously people, remember that the big Mitcham Shopping Centre fire initially came in as an automatic fire alarm, as have many of the other large stucture fires in this state.

Fire alarms need to be treated as a fire until proved otherwise - no exceptions.