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What a joke in 2009 we can't alert people properly, never had this issue when it was brigade run, we always had enough pagers.....bring back the siren!!

Ahhh yes bring back the good ol fire phone system with a button linked to the station siren it worked everytime we needed crew 

and canvas beaters, and petrol powered pumps and officers BA (aka holding your breath till the poisonous smoke isnt too bad and only burns your eyes) and asbestos fire suits and rubber hose and hatchets on our belts....

Lets not forget we moved away from those things for a reason....the reason hasnt changed....just allow the system we moved to enough resources to work is all that is needed.

If you guys are seriously sharing pagers for operational crews....why isnt it in the paper and on the radio every day until its fixed? It's the squeaky wheel that gets oiled....suffer in silence and thats exactly what you'll get in reply .....silence

LOFT MGT: All Capts be aware that on Wed night it was confirmed that Nomex 3A is now available for purchase can you compile a list of what gear you need so that we can order it. thanks Lofty GO 18/12/2009 CFS Lofty Group Management

Quick everyone start ordering now

can't we claim this as a SA Firefighter win?? Thats OK Rainer....you can buy the beers 

apologies then....the world is truly dumb ......

CFS Criteria.....

Region.....isnt that advisory only.....sort of like that annoying tone that tells u that you are over the speed limit in your car?

1908967 20:28:20 09-12-09 MFS: *CFSRES INC062 09/12/09 20:27,RESPOND Vehicle Fire,VICTOR HARBOR RD,OLD NOARLUNGA MAP 196 A 15 TG134,RED COROLLA,SEAF00 CDN431 MCLV00 CDN439 CFS Mawson Group Officers Response

4 Appliances???

Can't of been too bad as it was out on arrival

slow day at the ranch?

From what i heard, Mt Barker themselves did a fine job of crewing,  it was the support responders from 2nd and 3rd alarm brigade's that had crewing issues...The brigades NOT in the large country centres.

Mt Barker, Good job on Crewing.

If it was paid service, the only thing you will improve, is having a single appliance ready on standby all the time...or in Mt Gambier's example, day time only.


So, to the support brigades, keep getting members trained in BA...and more of them,  reach your SFEC maximum.

Zippy.....thats the most sensible post i have seen on this site in ages......great perspective.....paid mfs in Barker = 4 firefighters and one truck....a reduction in service.....

now be a good boy and enough of the sensible posts....you'll get a bad name 

and you're surprised?...why?

maybe in your end of the world Pixie... but not everywhere...

course there was a gazillion calls....all we've done is blow up the armageddon concept in the media for the last 3 or 4 months....no wonder the public are shiiting themselves

well...they're (NSW) obviously wrong

Pasky Hay Storage fires quickly becoming Region 2's version of KI, happens every year

If we didn't pay the ESL, we wouldn't have trucks or trinkets....

awww c'mon....its no so hard to do the math

15,000 operation firefighters in the CFS (cough...yes i know, no need to say it), if you assume 20% are over 10 years service (again.....cough, cough)....then 3000 would be due an ESL exemption. if the average ESL is around the $100 mark.....then thats $300,000 in a multi million $$$ levied Fund. Or.....around the same as one 34 type appliance. Now volunteer retention will have a budget....so offset that against it....and we're talking a pittance of $$ for a real impact....imagine THAT as a media release Euan....hell you could save that amount by getting rid  of...i mean combining .... a Region (1) or two....