SA Firefighter

Repage:PAR74 PR: 2 - : INSIDE COLES STORE 21 GROTE ST ADELAIDE M: 118 E13 C: ADL 1 E13 D0629 Disp: 16:40 OTHER EMERG - SAAS Road Crash Research

Trolley VA?

I guess you can call me a 'glory seeker' responding to these 'shitty' calls then, but I can honestly say that every small job I have been to or been stopped en route to, no one has said that it was a complete waste of time or 'we shouldn't have been called to this'.

From my understanding of fire alarms too, the CFS is able to charge attendance fee's and part of the fee paid filters back into the brigades group. So claiming that this is a bullshit call reflects poorly on the service, and we all know how ignoring alarm calls can end up! (http://www.safirefighter.com/boards/index.php?topic=836.0)

Finally I can safely say that a few of these urban brigades were well established before any MFS presence, so sacrificing more of our area sounds ridiculous. Hypothetical, if we lose a stretch of road and nine out of ten MVA's located on this strip are only minor (apparent BS calls), what about the tenth job called in? could be something more serious...

Remember not to believe everything you see on your pager, it comes through as second and third hand information sometimes and a Vehicle Accident may have a lot more to it than spill only.

14-07-11 15:24:55 MFS: *CFSRES INC019 14/07/11 15:23,RESPOND Hazmat Incident,19 BROOKER CT,WOODVILLE PARK MAP 105 B 8 TG182,2ND ALARM HAZMAT - PER A.DO MCINTOSH,AD2090 WDV243 PPT371 SEARCY - MFS Prospect 371
14-07-11 15:24:48 MFS: *CFSRES INC019 14/07/11 15:23,RESPOND Hazmat Incident,19 BROOKER CT,WOODVILLE PARK MAP 105 B 8 TG182,2ND ALARM HAZMAT - PER A.DO MCINTOSH,AD2090 WDV243 PPT371 SEARCY - MFS Woodville 243
14-07-11 15:24:25 MFS: *CFSRES INC019 14/07/11 15:23,RESPOND Hazmat Incident,19 BROOKER CT,WOODVILLE PARK MAP 105 B 8 TG182,2ND ALARM HAZMAT - PER A.DO MCINTOSH,AD2090 WDV243 PPT371 SEARCY - MFS Adelaide 2090
14-07-11 15:24:23 MFS: *CFSRES INC019 14/07/11 15:23,RESPOND Hazmat Incident,19 BROOKER CT,WOODVILLE PARK MAP 105 B 8 TG182,2ND ALARM HAZMAT - PER A.DO MCINTOSH,AD2090 WDV243 PPT371 SEARCY - MFS Adelaide Station Broadcast

From what I understand clan lab materials were found on site

i'd say! thanks for the clarification

01-03-11 11:20:54 MFS: *CFSRES INC038 01/03/11 11:20,RESPOND Tree Down,CNR OF CORKSCREW AND GORGE RD,CASTAMBUL MAP 98 C 15 TG126,LRG TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD PAULINE,0447892239 P1,OLO020 MONT00

thats a bit of hike for lobethal isnt it? i can think of at least 4 other brigades with chainsaws alot closer...

"oh what a lovely condescending view you have of CFS....we should be so greatful that you chose to spare time to deliver such platitudes"


Dont patronise me, im not trying to be arrogant. My CFS station finds itself positioned completely in the urban area so we too see a wide ragne of jobs, but how any k codes do you actually use? we mainly use k 1-5 and k 55-99? so you cant sit there and tell me you use all of the k codes (k 40 for example) As jaff stated they are a universally recognised form of communication and when you are on the way to an incident that the mfs arrive to first, it is always helpful knowing what is happening before you actually arrive at the incident.

I getting the idea that many dont like the codes, but there really isnt that many to get your head around, and im upset that some view them as not appropriate for the cfs, but i believe we should try and be as professional as possible and learning k codes is no different to learning how to operate the radio itself

the name of the caller and the contact number help when response details are sketchy, ive been to a few jobs like an apparent tree down, but found nothing. Same scenario with apparent 'smoke in area', its easy to make a quick phone call to try and get further information from the caller, for some exact location details

what happened? just curious about details as that would be in my cfs area...