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Quote from: calspec on August 16, 2008, 08:56:23 PM

I bet for at least three people it aint too exciting.  I hope no one was badly hurt.

And what part of being pinned to a wall by a bus would you find boring and dull?

All of it, if your the poor victim!

Frightening, Painful - Yes, but no, not exciting.  As a Firefighter I'm sure it would get my adrenalin pumping, as I am sure it would have for those who were trapped, but I still wouldn't call it exciting.

Report in the Sunday Mail says three people hospitalised after being knocked off a ledge when the bus hit them after rolling down the hill.  Fortunately all escaped with only minor injuries.  "It is beleived a handbrake problem on the bus may have been the cause of the accident"

Quote from: Dave O on August 15, 2008, 08:50:34 PM

1908021 19:55:26 15-08-08 MFS: *CFSRES INC056 15/08/08 19:53,RESPOND RESCUE GENERAL,MAIN RD,CHERRY GARDENS MAP 167 A 8 TG146,PERSONS CAR CAUGHT IN CAR PARK AT BLACK,WOOD GOLF CLUB. ADAM **********.,P3.,BKWD19 STT020 CHRY00

*scratches head*

Big response for a locked gate

What a waste of resources, call security and pay the opening fee cretin

Surely more to it than a locked gate.  If that's all it was, then why was ANY agency bothered, let alone Rescue, Pump and SES!!!  Maybe just Sapol to 'TIN' for being a dhead.

Quote from: CFS_Firey on July 23, 2008, 10:01:35 PM

MFS: *CFSRES INC019 23/07/08 12:03,RESPOND Rescue Animal,27 JAGUAR AV,PORT WILLUNGA MAP 223 J 4,CAT IN ROOF - SES Noarlunga Response

It's back up there... Must be a determed cat.

...i do not know for sure, but my guess is that the SES Unit did not respond to the job first time, just a telephone call giving advice...maybe the owner is trying again..

That second page was TWO DAYS LATER!.  Is that a P99 response?   

Quote from: bill - Hynam CFS on July 20, 2008, 11:49:23 AM

time for the so called media unit to get out there and show what cfs really do rather than just in the bushfire season.....

Now there is the icing for the cake!!

How can the public perceive the CFS as anything other than a Rural service when they only hear about us in Summer?

Other than those in areas directly served by CFS, actually have an idea about what the CFS do year round. Most city slickers assume the CFS only come out of the woodwork on the 1st of December..

If CFS image is your concern, here's an idea - paint all urban CFS appliances red (or red/white like the CFA).  Joe public then better associates the red truck with urban firefighting.  "It's a red truck, must be as good (or better  ) as the Met's trucks".  They are also more likley to give way in traffic to the approaching red truck than the silly white council truck that has red and blue lights on it.

I know CFS decided long ago that white was more appropriate in a smokey environment - but that doesn't apply to a Type 2 medium does it!

 

Not just the truck.  Assuming total loss of all equipment/trucks in that scenario, replacment of all necessary equipment to enable business continuity.  Everything from PPE and BA, to hoses, branches and other "tools of trade", even simple things like keys to locks etc etc.

Does CFS, as a business, have a "BIRP" in place for that unfortunate event should it happen.  BIRP = Business Interuption and Recovery Plan.  Do they have a full stock of equipment stored ready to go out to a brigade.  The "Spare" truck supplied to us while ours is out for repairs is NOT fully stocked and ready to go, it has only basic stowage.  It would take some time to accumulate all the necessary gear.  Next nearest station would have to cover the area for quite some time.

We have digressed from the Topic at hand somewhat, but...

That rule would make sense, to a point!  In this case, the Spare 34 is identified on air as HV34 - the appliance it replaced.  Clarendon, who have the appliance marked HV34 are referring to it as Clarendon 34, not CL24P.  Furthermore, Clarendon 24P is not being referred to as Happy Valley Pumper (for obvious reasons), but is known as HV24P, an otherwise non-existant appliance.  Any replacement appliance should be identified by its service capabilities, ie Pumper, 34, 24, or 24P.  No point calling a truck a 24P if it isn't, just because it replaced a 24P.  Put up your hand if your confused 

We did trial calling the appliance by its marked identifier, ie CL24P, (actually, that decision was made for us) but that just caused total confusion when other agencies/groups were expecting HV, as per the pager message, and 'Clarendon' showed up at a job.  I think we even got stopped for a job because we came up on air as CL24P.  I think that's when we changed tack.

Can we have our Pumper back now, please, my head hurts!!?

Anyway, how is progress with the next generation Burnside truck??

Just my take on the deal.  To cover the urban risks, HV needed a "P" appliance, so I guess the nearest suitable was Clarendon.  In a "you scratch mine..." deal, have swapped HV34 for CL24P while HV Pumper is offline.  HV are then using region spare 34 for rural jobs (old Sellicks 34).  Wouldn't have thought Clarendon would have been too keen to hand over their twin cab 24P for an old clunker 34, just to satisfy HV's needs.

Probably figured that the 34 probably wouldn't get a lot of use this time of year...only to be followed by a spate of 4 or 5 grassies in as many days.

Very interseting.

Sounds like Matt has managed to integrate the paging data with the streetfinder - or something to that affect, so that a map is automatically printed of the incident location based on pager info.  Any details MattB???

Can can you integrate it with a Navman and put it in the trucks for full turn by turn directions?

I suspect that the following may be of some interest.

"any special purpose vehicle with two or more axles and an unladen mass not exceeding 15000 kg"

Does a Fire Appliance come under the description of Special Purpose Vehicle???

 

Yes Rescue we are rich for space.  These Pumpers certainly can swallow quite a lot.  There's even enough room for some RCR equipment 
But I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

1918604 18:05:08 03-07-07 WARNING ALL CREW VERY SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FOR WEST COAST WINDS TO 100KPH HAIL AND SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM EXPECT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALISED FLOODING CHEERS J,W MFS Pt Lincoln Response

Looks like more than just windy weather on the way.

Based on that , LOOK OUT. 

Maybe the Bereau just assume that the LSE should expect crap weather anyway.

20:03:56 02-07-07 MENG: PLS BE AWRAE THAT MFS MAY NOT BE ON ALERTS CALLS. BRIGADES WILL HAVE TO TAKE DETAILS AND CALL MFS ON 84129007 TO ACTIVATE PAGERS. CFS COMMS MANAGER IS AWARE. CRNG COMMS OFFICER. 2/07/2007 8:03:35 PM

Seems like a big step backwards.  Hope only a brief glitch in the new system.