SA Firefighter

Yeah I Have My Own Gear As Well.  I Go Rock Climbing & Abseiling But Doesn't Mean I Can Use It On The Job.

I Heard That Alot Of CFB Courses Were Canned Because Of The Cost. Rumor Not Sure But It Would Make Sence As Thats An Expensive Course.

I'm In Region One Will Have To Start Spending.

I totally understand why the SOP is there but really to me it needs to be a bit flexible.

For us to provide an efficient service its just not feasible to roll during the day with the required amount...

but on saying that when we get on scene its not like we are only operating with those two people only...its a group effort of (in the other days case about 10-15 people).

Maybe i havent made myself clear....we would never respond to a job e.g grass fire, scrub fire etc without the minimum of 4 people unless we knew we could get others from elsewhere on scene.  but at a job like a house fire or vehicle accident, you know its not going anywhere and if you have to short crew trucks so be it...there really is no extra risk to anyone as like i said its a group effort once on scene.

All We Do Is Get On The Radio To The GO & Advise That We Only Have 3 Crew For Example & He Either Tells Us To Roll & Do What We Can Or Roll Us & Send Another Brigade To Help. Leave The Judgement Call With The GO.

'Normal Gloves' I asume you mean the Pacific (i think?) leather gloves? It is specifically written on the sheet that comes with the gloves. "Not to be used for internal structural attack' or words to that extent.

Thats The Gloves. We Will Have To See What Happens.

Has anyone heard how Lion are going filling the order? Did hear they were hoping to have it all distributed by the end of June.

Was On A Course Not Long Ago & They Were Running A BA Course & Overheard The Lion Rep Mention That It Should Be Out By The End Of June As Well. Will Wait & See.

As For Structural Gloves We Have Been Told That Our Normal Gloves Are Fine. Flash Hoods I Am Unsure On.

Yay We Are Still Waiting For Our Gear, Could have Got It Quicker Through Ebay LOL.

I'm Sure If The Price Is Right They Would Ship It.  Can't Believe Someone Is Selling A New Set.

problem for me is damn nokia only seems to understand .mid files.  Getting it to/from the phone is no problem (can also use infrared or MMS).  I still haven't managed to get a ringtone that works though.

The Problem I Have I Have A Nokia As Well. The Newer Phones Are Ok But If You Have One Of The Older Nokia's They Use An Old Version Of Midi, You Can Convert It But It's Alot Of Effort.

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I Did Work Experience With SAPOL, However They Do Not Let You Do The Ride Alongs Now. We Did It Alittle Different We Went To The Acadamy & Stayed There For A Week Had A Room And Meals. It Was Really Good, Undertook Some Of The Training & Lessons They Were Doing As Well As Fire Arms Training. It Was Good Fun.

Yeah We Have Them With The Mic, Its Good In The Fact That The Radio Can Be On Your Waist & Just Run The Mic Up, But They Can Also Be Fairly Quiet At Times. Havet Had A Chance To Use Them Without The Mic Though.

Ran Into Rag's Just Over A Month Ago As I Was Pulling Out Of A Car Park. He Asked If I Wanted To Do It Again. Said Yes. I Believe Its Still Being Organised & Might Be A Multi Agency Display. Will Have To Wait And See.

That is correct,so you need to be fair and talk the situation over with your boss  and see what they say. Keep in mind that some people have taken the issue of going to ever job way to far. Really is there any need for someone to leave work who say is 30 mins away from their brigade to attend a fixed alarm??

First Thing I Do Is Explain To The Employeer What We Do & What We Protect & Attend To So They Know Without Us Coverage Is Minimal. Then I Get There Feelings On That. Then I Ask Them How They Feel If A Major Iccident Occurs Can I Go Providing That They Can Cover The Work. Eg The Virginia Floods I Called My Boss While I Was On The Way In The Truck & Let Him Know, Not So Much Asking But I Told Him That I Have Gone. But As I Said It Was Pre-Arranged. I'm Not Going To Leave Work For Every Stop Call, MVA, House Fire We Get Called To, Thats Why We Have Other Crew That Can Attend Or Default If Required But If Its A Major Iccident I Will & Can Go.