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Incident Operations / Re: a tough day for stirling
« on: July 26, 2006, 02:43:09 PM »
good on ya firetruck 
sleep well mate...
sleep well mate...
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Incident Operations / Re: a tough day for stirling
« on: July 26, 2006, 09:32:48 AM »Quote
Maybe they should put a new MFS station in Stirling, not Mt Barker
Mt Barker did 4 jobs yesterday.....
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Country Fire Service / Re: MFS Take Over
« on: July 12, 2006, 03:45:34 PM »
so how many times have stirling defaulted in the last 6 months???
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Country Fire Service / Re: Busiest brigades
« on: May 12, 2006, 09:49:39 AM »who knows??? that wouldnt be an incident anyway...
in all reality littlehampton dont really back barker up that much at all, watch the paging site, the only things in barkers primary that littlehampton get paged for are grassies (littlehampton tanker, or heysen BWC i guess only) and any structure fire that is called in as a school, commercial or factory...
barker do it all by themselves in there area...
LH are duel response for all structure fires & Grass Fires fires in Barker. last year they also responded to all fire alarms, hence the drop in calls this year.
LH only do about 25 - 30 primary calls a year.
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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: February 22, 2006, 10:00:16 PM »
1908903 15:43:44 22-02-06 HEYSEN GO & DGO2 RE FRONT PAGE COURIER NOTE THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE NOT SUCKING UP - FW 
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All Equipment discussion / Re: Mount Barker Pumper
« on: February 10, 2006, 11:56:20 AM »
Mike,
Maybe a good idea to post the articles from the Courier, not just your views
Jason
Maybe a good idea to post the articles from the Courier, not just your views
Jason
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All Equipment discussion / Re: Mount Barker Pumper
« on: February 03, 2006, 12:25:04 PM »
MIKE - Littlehampton ONLY had 4 CREW, to run LH24, Heysen tanker.(two trucks)
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Country Fire Service / Re: Out of touch! ( Letter In Mt Barker Courier)
« on: December 23, 2005, 02:27:31 PM »i forgot to bring the article down to post.
Its interesting to note that only replies agreeing to the original letter have been posted here.
There was another letter from Heysen GO explaining the situation, with Mt Barker getting a new Type 2, Littlehampton getting Barkers 24P, and response plans for all other brigades in the group. And all of this was discussed at a meeting represented by all brigades and group officers in the group.
Try not to omit too many facts to direct the thread in a specific direction.
there were only 3 replies that i saw.
Mike
The letter was not posted as it did not answer the question "Why is Mt Barker losing A RURAL UNIT".
The issue is not with the Rescue truck being replaced with a type 2.
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Country Fire Service / Re: Out of touch! ( Letter In Mt Barker Courier)
« on: December 22, 2005, 10:58:17 AM »
Just a few more letters in this weeks Courier
CFS Must listen
sir:- In regards to David Chapmans letter in The Courier, i feel that for him to have to write a letter showing so much fortitude and compassion is testimony to his years of dedication to this towns CFS.
It Seems as if the stated CFS hierarchy has lost the ability to communicate with the people who know, the ones on the ground - as on the Eyre peninsula.
with the way Mt Barker is developing, our resources should not be reduced.
we should not have lost a unit last year , let alone another one.
so, lets have last years unit back and do away with some of the vehicles parked behind the CFS R1 headquarters as they don't put out fires!
I feel that our Emergency Service levy money is being wasted at the top and lives put at risk on the ground.
K Williams
Mt Barker
I Agree
Sir:- I would like to congratulate David Chapman on his letter in regards to the pending removal of yet another fire appliance from a Hills fire station.
As an active CFS member of a local brigade I feel this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are many other areas where the CFS hierarchy is dismally failing to the point of possibly jeopardizing the safety of the firefighter on the ground.
An example of this is the refusal or slow issue of replacement protective clothing to replace badly worn out and unsafegear. We are told if we want this new gear we must pay for some of it out of brigade funds (if there is any) or just wait until enough funding is available from CFS to replace it.
There are certainly a large number of volunteers who have very little faith or trust in the CFS hierarchy.
I would like to see all volunteer CFS personnel band togeather to fight the hierarchy on theses issues.
Where the hell is all the emergency service funding going?
Greg Heyer
Nairne
CFS Must listen
sir:- In regards to David Chapmans letter in The Courier, i feel that for him to have to write a letter showing so much fortitude and compassion is testimony to his years of dedication to this towns CFS.
It Seems as if the stated CFS hierarchy has lost the ability to communicate with the people who know, the ones on the ground - as on the Eyre peninsula.
with the way Mt Barker is developing, our resources should not be reduced.
we should not have lost a unit last year , let alone another one.
so, lets have last years unit back and do away with some of the vehicles parked behind the CFS R1 headquarters as they don't put out fires!
I feel that our Emergency Service levy money is being wasted at the top and lives put at risk on the ground.
K Williams
Mt Barker
I Agree
Sir:- I would like to congratulate David Chapman on his letter in regards to the pending removal of yet another fire appliance from a Hills fire station.
As an active CFS member of a local brigade I feel this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are many other areas where the CFS hierarchy is dismally failing to the point of possibly jeopardizing the safety of the firefighter on the ground.
An example of this is the refusal or slow issue of replacement protective clothing to replace badly worn out and unsafegear. We are told if we want this new gear we must pay for some of it out of brigade funds (if there is any) or just wait until enough funding is available from CFS to replace it.
There are certainly a large number of volunteers who have very little faith or trust in the CFS hierarchy.
I would like to see all volunteer CFS personnel band togeather to fight the hierarchy on theses issues.
Where the hell is all the emergency service funding going?
Greg Heyer
Nairne
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Country Fire Service / Out of touch! ( Letter In Mt Barker Courier)
« on: December 18, 2005, 02:46:48 PM »
Letter In Mt Barker Courier this week....
Out Of touch
Sir:- Summer has arrived, record temperatures are forecast and abundant vegetation is present.
Yet i have just attended a meeting where it was stated the CFS hierarchy propose to remove yet another rural firefighting unit from the Mt Barker brigade, having already taken one only a year ago and assuring the brigade no further vehicles would be removed.
This in effect will reduce its rural firefighting capabilities by two thirds. In light of the damning criticism of some of the paid CFS personnel in the handling of the Port Lincoln fires earlier this year, I find it amazing that paid professionals can now justify such a move in this high bushfire prone area of the Mt Lofty Ranges.
Rural residents adjacent to Mt Barker need to be concerned as help will be considerably longer in coming.
The unpaid volunteers who are prepared to risk their lives at the fire front are the salt of the earth while the paid staff who stand back and make critical decisions regarding their safety are, in this case, out of touch with reality.
I write this letter as a passionate volunteer CFS member of 50 years who cannot stand back and accept these terrible mistakes.
The only way now to overthrow this awful decision is for you, the rural landholder, to contact the CFS Region 1 office and your local MP to express your concerns.
D. Chapman
Mt Barker
Out Of touch
Sir:- Summer has arrived, record temperatures are forecast and abundant vegetation is present.
Yet i have just attended a meeting where it was stated the CFS hierarchy propose to remove yet another rural firefighting unit from the Mt Barker brigade, having already taken one only a year ago and assuring the brigade no further vehicles would be removed.
This in effect will reduce its rural firefighting capabilities by two thirds. In light of the damning criticism of some of the paid CFS personnel in the handling of the Port Lincoln fires earlier this year, I find it amazing that paid professionals can now justify such a move in this high bushfire prone area of the Mt Lofty Ranges.
Rural residents adjacent to Mt Barker need to be concerned as help will be considerably longer in coming.
The unpaid volunteers who are prepared to risk their lives at the fire front are the salt of the earth while the paid staff who stand back and make critical decisions regarding their safety are, in this case, out of touch with reality.
I write this letter as a passionate volunteer CFS member of 50 years who cannot stand back and accept these terrible mistakes.
The only way now to overthrow this awful decision is for you, the rural landholder, to contact the CFS Region 1 office and your local MP to express your concerns.
D. Chapman
Mt Barker
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All Equipment discussion / Mount Barker Pumper
« on: April 25, 2005, 09:44:35 AM »
I think the main problem with Dennis is that it has just been sitting around in yards, out in the weather, for the last five years not being driven, serviced etc. 
But now that all these mechanical fault have been fixed. Hopefully it will be a good truck to keep us going for a bit longer.
But now that all these mechanical fault have been fixed. Hopefully it will be a good truck to keep us going for a bit longer.
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All Equipment discussion / Mount Barker Pumper
« on: April 24, 2005, 01:54:40 PM »
Hi all, FYI- Dennis arrived Thursday afternoon in Mt Barker & was back in the workshop by Thursday Night (Blew a Turbo line 
) . So we may see it by next Friday after they replace all the old lines. it’s almost a brand New truck now - The only thing left to replace is the shell....
) . So we may see it by next Friday after they replace all the old lines. it’s almost a brand New truck now - The only thing left to replace is the shell....
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