SA Firefighter

G'day everyone gee its been a while in between drinks since i actually last posted a new topic   anyways for all of those who may remember the PC game Fire Department shortly before christmas i went out and placed an ipad mini on my radio rentals account as a present to myself

Anyways after a couple of days of getting use to the mini version of ipad i came across an interesting app called Emergency HD much to my surprise after downloading its an exact similar version to the game i had on the old computer years ago

It has 12 missions from a car vs train to a zepplin air ship crash/fire and even an Alien Invasion as the bonus mission and theres an add on for an additional 99 cents im currently trying to complete the 2nd level on the add on as its tricky

So if you are looking for an interesting game you cant go past Emergency HD it also in a way doubles as a perfect training game too

Im not sure if anyone has heard of the Res-Q-Rench before but apparently according to the item description on fire trader australia website it can be used to cut seatbelts,pop windows,undo stortz or external lug couplings, pry open windows or doors as well as other stuff

http://www.firetrader.com.au/category41_1.htm

Having got one for christmas last year i can say its a very handy piece of equipment to have 

Does anyone by chance know when the 2009 CFS calendar will be distributed cause theres a rather nice pic of the Ash Wednesday memorial service held at Tarpeena in February with uniformed volunteers present at the service posing with the unveiled plaque in there or so as we were told it would be 

Ok Ok i know im getting into that habit of posting this topic around the same time every year 

Anyways seeing as how the year has already gone past us real fast and with the fire season just 3 months away its time to ask that question of which company everyone is going to try and get a summer crew job with this season... seeing as how im posting the topic let me open the floor 

After narrowly missing out on numerous summer crew jobs last season im back at it again this season coming but now have the addition of my full certificate 2 in Conservation And Land Management of which i have almost completed at TAFE SA Mount Gambier campus

The bonus part about the full cert 2 in CLM (Conservation&Land Management)is that one of the units is operate and maintain chainsaws of which is safe to say i've successfully completed having passed the practical on the 03/08/2008

Heres a list of companies i am going to try and get into for this season

* Integrated Tree Cropping 
* Auspine Forestry
* Hancock Victorian Plantations
* Forestry SA
* Green Triangle Forest Products
* National Parks & Wildlife (DEH)
* DSE Victoria

Now its everyone elses turn 

Oh yeah the chainsaw i had to operate and maintain during the unit was an ECHO and believe me that chainsaw had alot of grunt and i dont mean it grunted like a pig does 


     

Heya everyone while browsing the net for online games to play out of sheer boredom i stumbled across this online game called Fire Boss where you are incharge of dispatching fire crews to a fire in a forest reserve and have to prevent it from invading a camping ground and getting into grass land

I had fun playing this game and its a real challenge as the main aim is to build fire breaks around it to stop the fire from getting any worse 

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf/FID/-9ECF7D4BB7ED797FCA256DA9000B864C?OpenDocument#Game

This is the website link to play the game and whats even better is that you can download it onto your own computer and play it offline 

Enjoy

Hey everyone i just thought i'd let you all know that myself along with a fellow CFS vollie are drawing up plans to design an Australian version of Fire Department 3 PC Game for fire fighters here who want to sharpen their fire fighting and planning skills during winter or on a quiet day during the fire season

At the moment i am typing up the rough draft of plans so if anyone on here has ideas or suggestions dont be afraid to say something so i can jot them down and find someway to blend into the plans   

Wow what an explosive 2 nights of thunderstorms we had over South Australia thankfully it was a quiet tuesday night in Region 5 with only a couple of calls related to the storm itself

How did all of you guys in the Adelaide & surrounding areas fair 

Hiya everyone now i know this might not class as an actual topic seeing as i've already posted a similar topic like this last year but i cant seem to help myself

Last Week i purchased the new Fire Department 3 PC Game straight from ARB Games without going to ebay cause of subscribing to their monthly catalouge when i brought the original Fire Department game off ebay from them

Even though i'm still waiting for it to come in the mail before giving it a review for anyone who is interested in getting this game off ebay can look at it by clicking on this link

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fire-Department-3-PC-Game-New_W0QQitemZ170087626727QQihZ007QQcategoryZ11051QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem 

Dont be afraid to message me if you need the email address for ARB Games cause its much cheaper buying it direct from the seller 

Enjoy       

This might be something of interest to all users on this site who are CAMS officials 

According to an article in this months edition of CAMS magazine the National Officiating Program Review (NOPR)has unveiled new grades & categories to replace the current ones

Trainee-Trainee
Grade 4-General Official
New -Club Chief
Grade 3-Bronze
Grade 2-Silver
Grade 1-Gold

In other words if you have a E4 licence you'll no longer be classed as a Grade 4 Official as this has been updated so E4 officials are classified as a General Official

All E3 licence holders will be classed as Bronze Officials and are capable of officiating as chiefs up to and including state level events as well as

*Assuming a team leader role and taking responsibility for other officials

* Officiating without supervision and ;

* Acting as a General Official at any level event

Im in the process of going about upgrading my General Officials licence to a Bronze Officials licence all i gotta do is fill out a Fire & Rescue RPL/CE form get a written reference from a SEAC senior official about my fire & rescue duties as well as fill out an upgrade licence form before sending it away

What is everyone else's thoughts in on it     

Hiya everyone i decided to introduce this topic to answer Jono's question in his topic from what i have read in today's Career One section of the Advertiser, Forestry SA Crawford are now seeking people to fill Summer Crew positons for the 06-07 fire season at the following depots Kupito,Brookman Road,Mount Crawford,Warren Road and Williamstown forest depots

Anyone on this site who lives up that way or near it and is interested in doing summer crew work for Forestry SA can call 08 87 24 28 04 to get an application form and information sheet posted out to them but remember to do it this week as the applications close on the 08/09/2006 at 5:00pm

For everyone else who would rather do summer crew work somewhere else such as in Victoria the Department Of Sustainability and Environment are after people to fill summer crew positions for the 06-07 fire season there all you need to do is call DSE Victoria and get an info pack sent out to you 

I have already rung up and expecting an info pack/application form in the mail some time early this week coming... i can tell you this the DSE summer fire crew jobs offers good pay 
   

Hiya everyone since I'm so bored today due to having nothing to do i figured it would be the best time to bring up another topic to add to my number of postings on this site

Its not often that you hear on the news or see in a newspaper about CB or Amateur Radio being used during large scale incidents but these types of radios are often operated by operations support or organizations like WICEN,ACREM,ACBRO behind the scenes of an incident

27 MHz,HF,Amateur & UHF CB Radio are radio systems that would come very much in handy should our SAGRN & VHF Fire Ground radios fail in a major disaster like a big rural fire

What is everyone else's thoughts on this topic

Hiya everyone i think its about time we visit the topic of other emergency services that are never mentioned on tv or seen at incidents

A couple months ago i managed to watch a little bit on A Current Affair about an Ambulance Service which is called EMS and its kinda like SAAS community first responders with the first response to medical emergencies

Last Year when i went to Adelaide i can recall my bus went by a medical center and it had Private Emergency Service sign on its front wall with a depot underneath of it

Any thoughts on this as I'm stumped completely and need someone to shed some light on it

This topic has been in the back of my head for a while now and i figured it would be best to talk about it....In my primary school days passing by the front office to go into the library on a hot day i used to hear CFS radio traffic coming from the little handheld scanner mounted inside the office

This little handheld scanner was eventually replaced courtesy of the Kalangadoo Country Fire Service with a 16 channel desktop scanner so Kalangdoo Primary School staff could monitor CFS Radio Traffic, and in the event of a major fire happening they decide if it's wise to send out of town students home on the bus or not

A classic example of the Kalangadoo Primary School scanner being used for emergency decision making was the Kalangadoo-Glencoe Road fire a few years back,on hearing that the fire was running rampant school staff did not allow the school bus to take out of town students home until the fire was contained

What i am getting at is every rural kindergarten,primary & high school that are in a real high bushfire prone area such as Kalangadoo should be issued with a handheld or desktop scanner programmed with GRN & CFS VHF frequencies so the staff can montior all emergency traffic during a major fire

What are your thoughts on this issue