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SA Firefighter General / Re: Trivia
« on: January 27, 2009, 02:53:23 PM »
Thanks for that swift reply
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: January 27, 2009, 02:52:42 PM »
Not truly a pager message but couldn't think where else to put it
The Country Fire Service (CFS), Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) and SA Police (SAPOL) are asking all South Australians to be vigilant and 'Bushfire Ready' as the state braces itself for a heatwave.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast maximum temperatures of 410C over the next three days, with the mercury expected to remain above 350C until Monday.
The CFS Assistant Chief Officer Rob Sanford said everyone's assistance, especially those who live in high fire risk areas, will be essential over the next few days to keep their communities safe and prevent bushfires.
Now thats hot in any language
The Country Fire Service (CFS), Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) and SA Police (SAPOL) are asking all South Australians to be vigilant and 'Bushfire Ready' as the state braces itself for a heatwave.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast maximum temperatures of 410C over the next three days, with the mercury expected to remain above 350C until Monday.
The CFS Assistant Chief Officer Rob Sanford said everyone's assistance, especially those who live in high fire risk areas, will be essential over the next few days to keep their communities safe and prevent bushfires.
Now thats hot in any language
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Trivia
« on: January 27, 2009, 01:35:34 PM »
I'm sure someone out there can answer this for me!
What does "SARC CANT" stand for in relation to pager messages sent out
eg CFS: *CFSRES: RESCUE 54 RELOCATE TO WOODSIDE AB - SARC CANT. > 27/01/2009 10:51:12 AM
Thankyou and stay cool
David
What does "SARC CANT" stand for in relation to pager messages sent out
eg CFS: *CFSRES: RESCUE 54 RELOCATE TO WOODSIDE AB - SARC CANT. > 27/01/2009 10:51:12 AM
Thankyou and stay cool
David
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: January 25, 2009, 07:32:34 PM »hahndorf is the town of lucky dips...really lol...
Barker, Bridgewater, Balhannah and littlehampton roll up roll up, put ya bets in!
There is an intersection ( on brigades/ group response boundaries) in Verdun near Hahndorf, known locally as the Bermuda triangle.
It was given this name for the ability to consume upto six brigade responses to a simply car accident and still have room for more.
Any brigade from a selection of Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Hahndorf, Balhannah or Barker could be sent, any the standard was usually 3.
Cheers
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Incident Operations / Re: Kilburn fire
« on: December 30, 2008, 08:49:41 PM »
Believe that Burnside did a COQ to Glen Osmond and TTG to Golden Grove for this job too!
Cheers David
Cheers David
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 30, 2008, 06:09:25 AM »that would be group op's training
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Not quite the first one was an actual job involving a collision between two vehicles and a 100 metre oil spill as a result.Old Belair Rd was closed for almost 2 hours
Belair 34P on scene and Sturt Deputy blocking the road at the top.
The other paging was a exercise as Sturt Group train on friday nights
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Knew there was a reasonable answer, Thanks
Cheers David
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 28, 2008, 10:10:26 PM »
09:02:20 28-11-08 MFS: *CFSRES INC018 28/11/08 09:01,RESPOND Vehicle Accident,BELAIR RD,BELAIR MAP 142 K 12 TG146,CLEAN UP ONLY 500 M DOWN FROM BP,BKWD19 BELR00 CFS Sturt Group Officers Response
20:17:13 28-11-08 Inc 18 fire scrubby gulley cherry gardens 200 metres north .cherry fire station. respond Cherry gardens Coromandel Valley Blackwood Belair CFS Sturt Group Officers Info
20:51:18 28-11-08 Inc 18 .Respond single vehicle car vs tree 1 entrapment corner Cherry gardens road and Main road Blackwood rescue CFS Sturt Group Officers Info
Can anyone shed any light on what this was all about, there were 44 other different responses between the first and last one, check out the times!
Cheers David
20:17:13 28-11-08 Inc 18 fire scrubby gulley cherry gardens 200 metres north .cherry fire station. respond Cherry gardens Coromandel Valley Blackwood Belair CFS Sturt Group Officers Info
20:51:18 28-11-08 Inc 18 .Respond single vehicle car vs tree 1 entrapment corner Cherry gardens road and Main road Blackwood rescue CFS Sturt Group Officers Info
Can anyone shed any light on what this was all about, there were 44 other different responses between the first and last one, check out the times!
Cheers David
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Road crash
« on: November 18, 2008, 06:38:27 AM »
For the record Williamstown did the cut out without any need for other equipment, Lyndoch and Concordia set up the landing site at the local oval.
Where this information about Loxton came from has even got us baffled!
What a waste of a beautiful car thou
Where this information about Loxton came from has even got us baffled!
What a waste of a beautiful car thou
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: October 15, 2008, 11:01:06 PM »R2HQ:FYI FIRE SEASON START DATES - MID NORTH 15TH NOV 2008 - MT LOFTY RANGES 15TH NOV 2008- YORKE PENINSULA 15TH NOV 2008 - MURRAYLANDS 15TH NOV 2008. 15/10/2008 15:11:42 CFS R2 Fire Bans Maildrop
So it looks like someone in the Mundoo group has their finger on the pulse after all. If only they could predict the big incidents a couple of days before they start we could really do some forward planning.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: October 13, 2008, 11:04:18 PM »
17:03:58 13-10-08 to all mundoo members the fire season has been brought foward to the 15th november 2008 CFS Mundoo Group Info
So does someone now something that even headquarters state they don't or are they guessing?
QUOTE from AdelaideNow news site 13/10/08
"SATELLITE images suggest the fire danger season is approaching faster than the Country Fire Service is prepared to admit.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the state is "ready to burn fairly soon", but the CFS is yet to declare when the fire ban season will begin."
Cheers
So does someone now something that even headquarters state they don't or are they guessing?
QUOTE from AdelaideNow news site 13/10/08
"SATELLITE images suggest the fire danger season is approaching faster than the Country Fire Service is prepared to admit.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the state is "ready to burn fairly soon", but the CFS is yet to declare when the fire ban season will begin."
Cheers
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Incident Operations / Re: Hay Shed Fire Thomas Plains
« on: July 30, 2008, 07:25:43 PM »
And at about 4.30pm Light group sent a strike team
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Lightning sparks hundreds of fires in California
« on: July 13, 2008, 08:09:34 PM »Any idea on the South Aussie?
Someone from DEH
And someone very high up in DEH at that!
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SASES / Re: Felling
« on: July 03, 2008, 10:40:23 PM »As well as DEH we also have the advantage of Forestry SA out here.
I did a arborist course as part of my studies with TAFE. The course included felling trees etc and was a 10 week course, however it was over 5 years ago and I have been informed I need to do a Re-accred with the CFS before I can use a chainsaw again.
I currently use a chainsaw as a landscaper.Even though I have the training for felling I have never been allowed to fell at an incident.
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Was this course nationally recognised??
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Yes the course is nationally recognised and done as part of my cert 3 in horticulture, and to the best of my understanding there is no time limit to it. That also applies to the yellow ticket for elevated platform.
I can understand us not being allowed to fell trees on a fire ground but the 5 year restriction on chainsaw use seems severe especially when I can legally use it for work, and am trained like many other to a higher standard.
Well thats my grip for today
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SASES / Re: Felling
« on: July 03, 2008, 07:06:47 AM »
Also at current DEH are trained to fell trees, so if you have them on the fireground get them to do it as they do it every day anyway.
I have personnel in my brigade who can fell trees as they have RPL with CFS with this skill in their occupation but only time they use this skill is at a fire which works for me.
As well as DEH we also have the advantage of Forestry SA out here.
I did a arborist course as part of my studies with TAFE. The course included felling trees etc and was a 10 week course, however it was over 5 years ago and I have been informed I need to do a Re-accred with the CFS before I can use a chainsaw again.
I currently use a chainsaw as a landscaper.Even though I have the training for felling I have never been allowed to fell at an incident.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: June 06, 2008, 10:31:58 PM »
14:36:22 06-06-08 CREW REQUIRED FOR BURN OFF 16/10/08 CONTACT LES FOR FURTHER DETAILS..... CFS Williamstown Info
Now thats what I call pre-planning
Now thats what I call pre-planning
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Country Fire Service / East Torrens Group Base
« on: May 22, 2008, 09:34:15 AM »
09:16:20 21-05-08 WORKING BEE TOMORROW AT NEW GROUP BASE URAIDLA COMMENCING AT 0900HRS YOUR TIME IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED FROM GO CFS East Torrens Group Info
Came across this page. As I understand it there isn't a brigade at Uraidla so is this Group Base not attached to a station.
If so is this the only one, I'm not aware of any other.
How does the group go with operational running it, normally a brigade would start an incident and the same people would run the group base as needed. So does this group have a group support or similar.
On top of all that I'm surprised they got the finances to duplicate communications etc above whats avaiable in current stations.
Cheers
Came across this page. As I understand it there isn't a brigade at Uraidla so is this Group Base not attached to a station.
If so is this the only one, I'm not aware of any other.
How does the group go with operational running it, normally a brigade would start an incident and the same people would run the group base as needed. So does this group have a group support or similar.
On top of all that I'm surprised they got the finances to duplicate communications etc above whats avaiable in current stations.
Cheers
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Quiet year...
« on: May 14, 2008, 03:18:38 PM »
After looking at the paging site I think we should all be careful what we wish for. Lots of lost burn-offs and rekindles many requiring more than one brigade, obviously not out of the grass fire season just yet.
However if BOM are correct that should alter with up to 30mm rain forcast.
However if BOM are correct that should alter with up to 30mm rain forcast.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Volunteer Week Commercial
« on: May 14, 2008, 02:26:04 PM »Is this ad just aired in the S.E? Have yet to see it on TV.
No we saw it Sunday night about 9pm on Ch10. Wasn't paying much attention to the ads so when the tone 7 went off it took the heart rate up alittle and sent us scrambling for pagers. Got a touch confused when the pager stopped after 3 sets when I muted the tv
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Blue cats eyes instead of fire posts
« on: May 07, 2008, 11:18:10 PM »I have also noted the use of bright blue flexible roadside posts with blue reflective strips on them. Used on dirt roads, where cats eyes aren't appropriate. Stand out very well, day and night.....
I have not seen the blue posts even on a recent trips to Yorke & Fleurieu Peninsula's.
Will the posts be added to roadside farm/council water points so you can locate them quickly (esp for vehicles responding from outside the local area) ? Or is this not necessary ?
These blue posts have been up in the Nuriootpa area for about 10 months now, haven't noticed them elsewhere so perhaps they are only a trial. Seen them on the Barossa Valley Highway so not just limited to dirt roads.
I must admit it would have been nice to be told they were coming thou!
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: April 15, 2008, 07:12:34 AM »
1925574 15:42:52 14-04-08 N12 UR 5 MIN COFFEE BREAK IS UP - BUT ALAS I HAVE NO JOB - JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU JUMP 
SAAS Noarlunga
Now thats just mean
SAAS NoarlungaNow thats just mean
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Private alarms
« on: April 13, 2008, 10:38:33 PM »
And it comes up as Respond Private alarm and yes it has been a real job once (before i joined)
If it's the incident I'm thinking of, with the fire in the ceiling of the Bunkhouse the fire was called in rather than an alarm as it was above the smoke detectors. Or was there another.
For any future disturbance esp. during the night I apologise, whilst employed there I worked hard to get a monitored system installed.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: March 31, 2008, 05:51:41 PM »
Quote from Jacob W
I think to page over something so un-important at that time was a bit out of line..
1908980 09:10:18 31-03-08 MRPH INFO: APOLOGISES FOR THE MIDNIGHT PAGE. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1600hrs TODAY. DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG. THANKS DAVE (EQ) - MAWSON BASE CFS Morphett Vale Info
Well at least he put an apology out!
I think to page over something so un-important at that time was a bit out of line..
1908980 09:10:18 31-03-08 MRPH INFO: APOLOGISES FOR THE MIDNIGHT PAGE. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1600hrs TODAY. DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG. THANKS DAVE (EQ) - MAWSON BASE CFS Morphett Vale Info
Well at least he put an apology out!
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All Equipment discussion / Re: URP Problems
« on: March 25, 2008, 03:55:35 PM »
The bridgewater one affectionally known as BURP was the one I was referring to in my previous post, just didn't want to mention brigades as I didn't know how widely known the info was.
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All Equipment discussion / Re: URP Problems
« on: March 24, 2008, 08:54:43 AM »
The URP in my previous brigade had also blown the seals 3 times, twice at training and once when we were told it was all fixed so we took it out to see if it was it wasn't . In the end the Aux pump was simply removed as the appliance never went to grass fires etc anyway.
I believe the problem lay within the plumbing. The PTO pump can put out a much greater pressure than the Aux pump is designed to take, however they put the Aux pump in line between the PTO pump and the discharge. If this is the case I would have thought some way of isolating the Aux pump would have been better.
Feel free to correct me on this, my info is third or fourth hand.
it wasn't . In the end the Aux pump was simply removed as the appliance never went to grass fires etc anyway.I believe the problem lay within the plumbing. The PTO pump can put out a much greater pressure than the Aux pump is designed to take, however they put the Aux pump in line between the PTO pump and the discharge. If this is the case I would have thought some way of isolating the Aux pump would have been better.
Feel free to correct me on this, my info is third or fourth hand.
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Country Fire Service / Re: Brigade Paging
« on: March 13, 2008, 07:21:07 AM »
we have all been isssued with pagers which we recieve the occasional info message letting us know about meeting etc etc. i have requested that we recieve the weather info, level of preparedness messages so that we are informed of when things happen so that our brigade can respond quicker and be ready instead of getting a page out of the blue wanting people to come in quick.
Dave
As the saying goes welcome to our world
But I wouldn't want all the messages re weather, level of preparedness etc maybe as a state ops brigade you just need to be be informed of any incident that is escalating or has the potential to. The other option is to get yourselves included into any page that goes out from any region requesting IMT support, that should cover the above point too.
Lets hope we don't need you all that often thou
Cheers