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Quote from: FAO on May 22, 2013, 09:21:26 AM

A GO or DGO attending to an alarm activation is ok for those response areas where the primary brigade cannot crew an appliance. It's a step up from the Captain or Lieutenant attending in their work ute in thongs, stubbies and a t-shirt to reset the FIP.

Ahh yes... because we only attend fire alarms to 'reset the fip'.... sigh.

People pay monitoring fees to have fire trucks turn up, not a bloke in a car whether it be a CFS car or a private vehicle. If i owned a premises with a monitored alarm and the fire service were failing to attend id be asking the CFS some pretty serious questions.

And if a brigade cannot crew, then they should default to the next resource!!! Not just give up and get someone in a car to attend.

Reality is Alex the guy in the ute is showing up and doing the minimum to normalise the alarm and this should be discouraged at all levels.

But sticking to the topic, it is also reality that the GO or DGO does attend fire alarms because the local brigade cannot crew the appliance. And although this isn't ideal, they can pass on further information to the responding appliances if any were still attending. It is only this situation I believe is satisfactory and as previously mentioned P2 only. Having a fire alarm ringing for half and hour or more whilst the second brigade responding can be very disruptive to the occupants and annoying to the neighbours.

Now in the incident you happen to monitor this situation may not apply. But as I don't know what brigade or group you were referring to and the question you posed was a general one, this is my response.

A GO or DGO attending to an alarm activation is ok for those response areas where the primary brigade cannot crew an appliance. It's a step up from the Captain or Lieutenant attending in their work ute in thongs, stubbies and a t-shirt to reset the FIP.

I feel any response by a GO/DGO should be P2 in the first instance to some incidents but not all.

Quote from: Raven on February 19, 2013, 04:27:46 PM

Quote from: Bagyassfirey on February 19, 2013, 04:19:56 PM

17:38:12   19-02-13   SEAF: THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR NOT TURNING UP TO HELP OUT WITH 34P THIS IS VERY POOR EFFORT FROM EVERYONE AS USUAL FROM KINGSTON STRIKE TEAM - CFS Seaford Info

Someone needs to stop this coming out of Seaford....Don't care how ya feel or if its accurate ya don't air it in public!! Very childish!!!

I was about to post this.
I agree, extremely childish. Whoever is doing it, should cease.
I personally am happy I never got to join Seaford seeing these recent messages, I can only imagine how the atmosphere must be down at Seaford.

I think it's time the pin was pulled on that brigade, which they should have done from word go, it's been a slow painful death to watch, and they really don't help themselves !!

Wasn't it due to their lack of getting trucks mobile and their "stop call" antics that station 46 was brought forward?