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General Discussion => SA Firefighter General => Topic started by: aust_fire1 on December 01, 2006, 06:26:51 PM

Title: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 01, 2006, 06:26:51 PM: I joined the fire service in 1979.
I am interested to hear where people have been to fight fires etc.
Ash Wednesdays,
Interstate deployment,
Overseas,
Anywhere in the state.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Scania_1 on December 01, 2006, 08:52:25 PM: Been to Tulka (Pt Lincoln), Flinders Ranges, Malalla, Adelaide hills.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: probie_boy on December 01, 2006, 09:37:20 PM: KI and murray bridge. sydney soon probably
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Alan (Big Al) on December 01, 2006, 09:49:25 PM: Quote from: aust_fire1 on December 01, 2006, 06:26:51 PM
I joined the fire service in 1979. I am interested to hear where people have been to fight fires etc. Were you involved with Ash Wednesdays, Interstate deployment, overseas, or anywhere in the state.

Was on an appliance with you last week. :lol:

Work has stopped me going on a lot but been to SE, KI, Mid North.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: medevac on December 02, 2006, 06:46:58 AM: southern fleurieu, mid north, KI, adelaide hills, riverland....

no interstates for me yet, maybe one day, but not terribly botheres, theres been plenty of local action lately
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: 24P on December 02, 2006, 08:32:28 AM: KI, NSW, mid north, lincoln, flinders, S.E, stuff it basically everywhere!
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on December 03, 2006, 09:06:16 AM: Ive been everywhere man :lol:

Black Hill,Ash Wednesday 1980 & 1983,Sydney 2000/2001,Rapid Bay,Marble Hill,KI,Karoonda etc and probably many more to come yet :wink:
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: probie_boy on December 03, 2006, 10:19:29 AM: add harrogate to my list. Wow that was fun... :roll:
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Robert-Robert34 on December 03, 2006, 12:11:11 PM: Glencoe 2002,Comaum,Monbulla,Nangwarry,Carpenters Rocks/Nene Valley,Lake Mundi(Victoria)

No interstate tour of duties as yet but hoping to one day
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: probie_boy on December 03, 2006, 03:29:24 PM: isn't Lake mundi in victoria???

haha robert. dont worry, i know what you mean
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Scania_1 on December 03, 2006, 03:36:04 PM: Yeah but for us down here in SE, Western Victoria is just down the road.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Smokeydk on December 04, 2006, 07:22:15 AM: I've been to a few years....some fires were....
Ash Wednesday 83
3 at Deep Creek Park.Delamere.Cape Jervis
Mt Brown (above Pt Augusta).in 96
Tooperang near Mt Compass 97
floods 93 .riverland.......and langhorne crk
Pt Lincoln 2001
East Victoria 2003

and many strike teams in Adelaide hills over the years
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 04, 2006, 11:11:44 AM: Deep Creek in 79 then 3 after that
Ash Wed 80 & 83
NSW (x3) Vic (x1)
Sth East (x3)
Mid Nth, Waikerie, Karoonda, Delamere,
Mt Compass (x3)
Willunga (x2)
Onkaparinga Gorge (4-12-06)
And the list goes on.

Maybe I should have asked where we have not been.
We get older,smarter and wiser, yet we still say yes.

Stay Safe
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on December 07, 2006, 08:42:28 AM: People would put their hands up for more if they didnt call everyone in and make them sit around for hours and do nothing,instead of using the resources they requested when they got there.
Strike Teams are a requested resource requiring immediate response and action on the fireground :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 07, 2006, 09:15:33 AM: Yes. I agree. And it seems to be getting worse. Just got back from Waikerie. Deployed for Port Elliot at 3am. Arrived 7.30am. Sent to fire ground and sat under a tree till 4pm. Got 1st feed at 4.45pm and used 500 litres of water for the day. 10 litre was for washing hands to eat. Day 2 deployed 7.30 am and sat under tree till 6pm. Returned to Waikerie by 7.30pm. 500 lites water used for complete deployement
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Camo on December 07, 2006, 04:05:41 PM: SITUATION NORMAL! HURRY UP AND WAIT!
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on December 07, 2006, 05:32:50 PM: Quote from: aust_fire1 on December 07, 2006, 09:15:33 AM
Yes. I agree. And it seems to be getting worse. Just got back from Waikerie. Deployed for Port Elliot at 3am. Arrived 7.30am. Sent to fire ground and sat under a tree till 4pm. Got 1st feed at 4.45pm and used 500 litres of water for the day. 10 litre was for washing hands to eat. Day 2 deployed 7.30 am and sat under tree till 6pm. Returned to Waikerie by 7.30pm. 500 lites water used for complete deployement

Watch out sitting under that tree it might get hit by lightning :lol:

Its a joke isnt it,and what are these IMT teams thinking when they drag all these resources in and hardly use them.

WTF :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: 5271rescue on December 09, 2006, 10:30:35 AM: Well I was in CFA in 83 so ASH WED's and have been to many large fire's while in the service there... Since joining cfs some 7 years ago. (1) KI (2) Victoria high country (3) that park north of us twice(4) many border trips to help our local cfa brigade's
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 09, 2006, 01:09:14 PM: hey firey, If lightening struck the tree we were under we would not have noticed....We were in a deep sleep :-D
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on December 11, 2006, 04:29:24 PM: Quote from: aust_fire1 on December 09, 2006, 01:09:14 PM
hey firey, If lightening struck the tree we were under we would not have noticed....We were in a deep sleep :-D

:-D :-D :-D :lol:

How do you hear your pager then :lol:
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 11, 2006, 09:15:25 PM: Good one firey....We had em on Vibrate :-D
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on December 12, 2006, 07:20:29 AM: Quote from: aust_fire1 on December 11, 2006, 09:15:25 PM
Good one firey....We had em on Vibrate :-D

:-D :-D :-P
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on December 16, 2006, 05:04:27 AM: Everytime we have an incident I will post it here.

Cox Scrub, Ashbourne,Rd
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: fire03rescue on December 17, 2006, 07:24:07 AM: You could have a heap of post by the end of summer
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: Smokeydk on December 18, 2006, 08:44:29 AM: talking of Cox Scrub fire, anyone find a green CFS baseball cap...?? I seemed to have misplaced Mine..might been near the portable dam or staging area on hill above it

Thanks
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on January 14, 2007, 07:09:35 AM: So, who has not been to Mt Bold yet.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: 5271rescue on January 14, 2007, 12:29:11 PM: it was a nice sunday drive down there and back the other day with our strike team,found a very nice fishing hole but we did not pack the rods......
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on January 14, 2007, 05:38:44 PM: We were there Thursday night / Friday Morning. Pretty busy to for night shift. We saw some good spots for fishings to.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on January 14, 2007, 06:38:08 PM: I can add Mt Bold to the list now again
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: probie_boy on January 15, 2007, 11:26:30 AM: I can add onka and mt bold to my list. Onka was night shift, just blacking out and backburning. Mt bold however, jeez that was nuts. good experience though.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: medevac on January 20, 2007, 09:45:45 PM: didnt make it unfortunately.... work just didnt match up for any of the 4 shifts my brigade did :-P
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on January 22, 2007, 08:43:22 PM: Im sure there will be others Medevac...fire season aint over yet :roll:
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: aust_fire1 on January 26, 2007, 07:25:25 AM: We had a good call yesterday 25/1/07. 35 spots along the train line between Goolwa and Chiton Rocks were either smoking or burning due to some type of problem with the Steam Train.
It was just like the old days.
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: SA Firey on February 18, 2007, 03:20:10 AM: Bet you didnt do 35 fire reports :-D
Title: Re: Where have you been to fight fires in the state
Post by: JC on February 19, 2007, 12:31:30 AM: Beleive it or not ive been to a fire in Dalhousie Springs, which is about 120Km from the NT border whilst at National Sparks