SA Firefighter

House Fire - 2 Story, 3 Trapped Occupants, Left hand side of house fully involved (Top and Bottom Story), Entry on the right side at the top and centre back and front on bottom story.

Crew/Trucks Available - 1 x Type 2 Pumper with 4 x CABA, 2 x Rural 34's With 2 x CABA sets each & 1 x 14 No CABA.  Each truck has a crew of 5 with everyone BA trained (14 is a new mitsi canter dualcab).  Mains water is available but is approx. 200 metres to the nearest hydrant.

Prior to arrival based on the information recieved the OIC assigns the crews their tasks.On arrival OIC upgrades to 2nd alarm,and requests SAPOL and SAAS to attend..then does quick rece of the building and isolates the power,gas.Crews from Pumper gets to work with 1 x BA crews with a HP line make entry into the building and commence primary search,a second BA crew donned up,and ready to go setup PPV fan at front entry,and follow first team in with a second HP line.The OIC delegates a crew from the first 34 arriving to relay water to Pumper and start to protect exposures and also get another BA crew to act as safety for two teams inside already committed.Second 34 relays water to first 34,and has 2 BA operators donn and act as second safety crew backup.Crews from both 34's and now 14 start laying out a line of 64mm to the hydrant which is now 60 metres away.Once setup and all appliances now relaying water,crews assist BA operators with casualties they have retreived and provide first aid till SAAS arrive.BA safety teams takeover from the crews that have retrieved casualties and continue firefighting operations,ventilation and salvage.

The house was toast but a good save by the BA crews for 3 casualties    

Get a pager and let the learning begin

Just hope Judy Arthur doesnt see this site,or heads will ROLL  

and if you do your SFEC will go through the roof and your brigade then will qualify for a Type 2 Pumper................OR NOT

I hear someone asking about station numbers for MFS/CFS ok here is a list

MFS STATIONS
Adelaide HQ-20
Glynde-22
Woodville-24
Port Adelaide-25
Largs North-28 including Marine Station
Oakden-30
Golden Grove-31
Salisbury-32
Elizabeth-33
Gawler-35
Angle Park-36
Prospect-37
St Marys-40
Camden Park-41
OHalloran Hill-42
Christies Downs-43
Glen Osmond-44   
Brooklyn Park-45
Port Pirie-50
Port Augusta-51
Whyalla-52
Kadina-66
Moonta-68
Mt Gambier-70
Victor Harbor-71
Murray Bridge-72

CFS STATIONS
Burnside-29
Belair-48
Blackwood-47
Clarendon-11
Mt Barker-1279
Echunga-1248
Coromandel Valley-49
Eden Hills-46
Happy Valley-80
Morphett Vale-81
McLaren Vale-82
Seaford-83
Salisbury-91
Dalkeith-92
Tea Tree Gully-95
Virginia-96

Hope that helps

What colour was a firetruck when you were a kid?

RED!!!

So who the *X#*0#*X said we had to have a white one....let alone what logo we have

Ever since I joined the service when it was still EFS the star was our emblem.

Long live the star!!

Yep....you can tell when everyone reads their pager too....at 03:00hrs when its a wheelie bin and its cold....4 out of 44 turnup if youre lucky

There is supposedly an agreement also that SAAS will respond fire service to all vehicle accidents,but that doesnt happen in all cases. You are right in saying that SAPOL and SAAS wont give a stop call, and this is because SAAS dont want to do traffic control, and rightly so, so the sooner another agency gets there thay can be available for other life threatening emergencies!!

All this will come undone when a responding appliance refuses to take a stop call and collides with a member of the public for no reason while still on Priority 1, when based on the information received they could have dropped back to Priority 2 and got there just as quick.

Every brigade should have a brigade communications officer.He/she is responsible for ensuring all members are trained to operate the equipment within their brigade which should include call taking,radio procedures and sop guidelines in relation to responses/notifications to GO,DGO etc.

A mock exercise involving a structure fire was done at training by myself using VHF portables with new recruits and cadets that had come up to being fireys.We simulated it going to a fourth alarm using all CFS prowords and Sitreps,including appliance callsigns.Everyone gets involved and builds confidence on the radio.

As the saying goes practice makes perfect the more you do it the better you get at it.

Reminds me of a saying make sure brain is engaged before putting mouth into gear,and on radio nothing could be more true.

Cheers

Another way if you have a mobile phone with a camera take a shot of a sticker either old style or new (taxi) style)and save as wallpaper or you can get someone to send it via bluetooth if you dont have a camera

We utilise our town siren mainly during fire season and daytime only if its a fire in our own brigade area as a warning to the public,and the odd ocassions when we need more crew that havent heard the pager.
Speaking of which for those that dont know you can no longer GET ANY PAGER holsters that we rely on so much to clip on our belts etc...direct from the GRN help desk and Link!!!!!

No wonder we have to leave them inside or put in a drawer for safekeeping while we work outside.

Dont get rid of your station siren just yet..remember Ash Wednesday!

Unless your lucky to have a secret stash of them somewhere!