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SAMFS / Re: RECRUITMENT 2011
« on: March 19, 2011, 09:05:17 AM »Every thing is pass/fail, if you can't do it - bad luck, no bending for anyone.
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Every thing is pass/fail, if you can't do it - bad luck, no bending for anyone.
Numbers its got nothing to do with fumes while they are at a job as the pump is removed from the van the issue is that the fuel in the pump and spare fuel fumes are getting into the open cab. May be if CFS spent a little more time looking into what other services are doing rather than look at a photo that may solve some of the problems...
The fume issue is because the pump is mounted on a sliding carriage in the back. Even with the carriage in the out position, the upward hingeing rear door directs fumes straight back into the cabin area.
Arthur's Infralog is a so much better publication in every way.
Maybe every section within CFS should be required to publish a similar report.
Training, Ops, Regions, Air Ops, etc, etc.
Maybe same for Groups - possibly to be amalgamated into regional reports for the
purposes of the mag. Also quarterly incident summary/stats out of AIRS.
Gizmos & gadgets page for things which make the job easier. Still got to get brigades to write in about them. However I bet here's a lot of good gadgets out there which haven't got HQ Equipment's stamp of approval on them,so they won't advertise...
I would tell him I don't want to be in the CFS. But I am part of my local volunteer fire brigade to protect my loved ones. The CFS is so much of a joke that I don't associate with the name.
My crews are under trained, under resourced and pretty much fed up.
Well said.
It would be nice to have some resources put into the urban side of the CFS. Having more training positions would be a good start, (so BA can be a standard qualification rather than a luxury), but ideally I'd like to see better equipment (especially) for busy urban brigades.
Numbers does this rule apply to CFS staff who have come from another fire brigade interstate where they were full members of the UFU and still pay the union fees here in SA....
Well the staff that I am talking about are in the UFU and work in regional offices..
(e) (12) (4) Any person employed in South Australia:
(a) by the Country Fire Services; or
(b) as technical officer, technical assistant, and caretaker by the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
shall not be eligible for membership of the Union.
Jaff, is that not the job of the UFU???
I think this a bad move. Starting up a CABA set at an incident in no way proves that an operator is still a competent BA operator. The purpose of an annual, (or 5 yearly), re-accreditation is to ensure BA operators are still donning and starting up correctly and still know the correct procedures for safety and equipment maintenance. Do they really think a tick in a box on a fire reports proves an operator is competent and removes a need for them to be assessed?
I'm also curious about the definition of RCR and HAZMAT operators...
"HAZMAT OPERATOR - Actually used hazmat equipment at a hazmat incident". So if I turn on the PID at a house fire, does that make me a Haz Op?
"RCR OPERATOR - Actually used RCR equipment at the incident". If I use a haligan to pop a bonnet at a car fire am I an RCR Op? All seems a bit vague...
Again, haven't we been filling out fire reports for years? Is the inclusion of some extra details about an alarm call really going to get us extra funding or cut down on false alarms? You can already get the stats from the previous version of the forms - if it says we went to an alarm, it means it was an unwanted alarm, if it legit, we'd put it down as a fire...
As well as the mistakes Matt already pointed now, there seem to be quite a few other fields that are vague or confusing.
For example,
Who is the "Officer in Charge"?
Does "Spare cylinders used" really mean spares used, or total used?
"Charge code: Yes/No" How do we answer that?
"Name of Brigade/Station/Unit who conducted Rescue". What counts as the rescue? If the RCR brigade cuts up the car, but then the local brigade carries the stretcher to the ambulance, is that a team effort?
Or the fact you only get to choose one type of mobile property for an incident, but can enter details for 3 vehicles...
I'm also curios as to why lowercase and uppercase options are mixed. Is there a difference between them?
Numbers, not sure about some of the other comments without looking, but the new AIRS template has all of the Fire Alarm codes available as situation found.
There, are you happy now Numbers....?
So has anyone else seen the new air's reporting forms and what do you think of them??? We have gone from 2 pages to 8 pages to fill in,I cant see brigade's filling these in as Volunteers just want to get back to work ASAP after a call out....
The problem is it is much like MVAs, in that many brigades feel they have to remain till the absoloute last second, when more often than not the job could be passed over to SAPol once secured/made safe.
the mets sure as filtered don't hang around long for VA's in the city - maybe you can put this in an SOP!
Cones out, disconnect battery, drop litter on oil, sweep litter into gutter with glass and plastic fragments, pick up cones......gone!
As I understand it the National medal is awarded after 15 years diligent service, it concerns me that it then gets left to a couple of volunteers in a brigade to grant it. Surely there is a way this can be flagged on TAS some how at least.