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Country Fire Service / Re: Recruitment Strategies
« on: August 12, 2008, 09:28:45 PM »
i will agree with you numbers.

I have been recently elected to the position of captain at my brigade.  I probaly have less experience then then a lot of the urban fringe white hats.

Unfortunately there has been a stagnant in my brigade over the years and the position basically fell into my lap.  Having said that i am more than capable of taking on the position.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: August 12, 2008, 05:26:02 PM »
yeah sept 1st would be a good date considering that is change over  :-D

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: August 12, 2008, 04:06:23 PM »
I thought it was called encouragement?

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Research required
« on: August 11, 2008, 07:01:49 PM »
freedom of speech?  doesnt exist.

It went out the window with that respect word people were throwing around the other day.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Recruitment Strategies
« on: August 10, 2008, 08:54:18 PM »
Quote from: uniden on August 10, 2008, 06:37:23 PM
I thought it was up to brigades to decide who they wanted as members and who they wanted to vote in as new members after probation. Should not be up to the group at all usually.

It is up to the brigade but the group can make it very hard for the brigade if they dont like the members.

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SASES / Re: Entry Medical
« on: August 10, 2008, 05:17:32 PM »
Quote from: 6739264 on August 10, 2008, 01:51:23 PM
People need to take this job that we do seriously. Yes its voluntary, but its still and emergency service. Be it SES or CFS.

I agree numbers but there needs to be a healthy median.  As stated before people wont want to join if there is too much involved before they get on the trucks....the CFS doesnt have the appeal that the MFS has.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Recruitment Strategies
« on: August 10, 2008, 05:12:13 PM »
Yes that is a group issue not a brigade issue.  We had it out with the group at our last meeting about that.

If that member chooses to reapply then i would imagine he will be invited to stay due to the changing demographic of our brigade but unfortunately the group will make it hard for that member and our brigade.

But this thread isnt about my brigade.  Its about recruitment within the CFS as a whole.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Looking to the future
« on: August 10, 2008, 10:15:19 AM »
Quote from: bill - Hynam CFS on August 10, 2008, 09:29:16 AM
Cam,my info came from two people who where there so if they got it wrong well that is their mistake.....so will wait and see when its up and running....They did tell those there why it take's SAAS so long to page a fire service and if that is correct then thats crap....

Basically they wont page anyone else until they have finished their questionaire they have to ask, which can take between 5 and 15 mins apparently.

So if you want a timely response call the police or fire first because there is less of a delay getting all services there instead of just one!

As far as the CAD info goes i might of been asleep but i dont remember hearing any timelines mentioned, unless they spoke to someone after the meeting.  One thing mentioned was the fact that SAAS & SAPOL? will come online with CAD first before the fire services are brought in.

Also there was something mentioned about an application for funding for MCT's for all CFS appliances.  Would be good if that gets funded but i wouldnt be holding my breath.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Recruitment Strategies
« on: August 09, 2008, 08:58:36 PM »
what is a press gang?

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Country Fire Service / Re: Looking to the future
« on: August 09, 2008, 08:58:05 PM »
Quote from: bill - Hynam CFS on August 09, 2008, 08:04:33 PM
There was a meeting down here during the week and those that where there( I was not) where informned its still 3 year's away fully and that is if it gets of the grounds as there are still issue's....

Not sure where you got that info bill?  I was at that meeting and no dates were mentioned as to the completion or start.   The only info we were given about some sort of start was the first contracts were going to be signed in September i believe.

According to the last budget their was a completion date of 2011.

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SASES / Re: Entry Medical
« on: August 09, 2008, 08:55:21 PM »
Quote from: Alan J on August 09, 2008, 08:31:24 PM
Quote from: bill - Hynam CFS on August 09, 2008, 07:25:24 PM
Cant see it happening as its too hard now to get new members out in the country,who ever came up with this crap must have nothing else to do at his or her desk job.....I agree 100% with cam.....

Would work in a community culture that Brigade Membership is something to aspire to, &
"Fire-Fighter" someone to be respected for what & who they are.  Such a culture is
foreign to most Australian towns I think.  Possibly because brigades have lowered the fire-fighter bar to one which carries no particular respect ?  Could such a culture be
created ?   I think it could be done in 10-20 years in townships.  Maybe.  Will be a
brave management committee that starts down that road - training starts with a run
around the block & exercises, just like the footy club up the road...

For those in areas where fire is just another part of their normal job (most farming
areas?), it will never happen.  On the other hand, most farmers I know would have no
trouble at all meeting any -reasonable- fitness standard. Or any other reasonable
competence standard.

cheers

Respect? Never heard of it....doesnt exist!

Not just for the firefighter but in general!

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SASES / Re: Entry Medical
« on: August 09, 2008, 02:07:49 PM »
i would be happy to see a better fitness standard in the cfs but with that it creates a problem.

its hard enough to get more vollies....are they gonna be bothered if they have to go through a fitness test?

on the other hand it will weed out the dedicated from the time wasters

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: August 09, 2008, 02:05:50 PM »
or the house is now located at number 44 due to the big shunt from the car?

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Country Fire Service / Recruitment Strategies
« on: August 09, 2008, 01:09:03 PM »
Gday,

What recruitment strategies have brigades used in the past that have worked well?

Or what strategies should the CFS use in the future?


Also is there funding available to brigades to help with recruitment?

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Country Fire Service / Looking to the future
« on: August 09, 2008, 01:07:05 PM »
Gday,

What do you see happening in the CFS in the future as far as the structure goes?


What would people think if we were to remove groups from the CFS?  good idea or a bad idea?

Each brigade receives funding they require rather than groups dishing the money out to brigades.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Burnside Pumper
« on: August 09, 2008, 12:11:29 PM »
Quote from: Zippy on August 09, 2008, 12:05:57 PM
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MFS still need CFS for COQ....
    Pretty much.  But it seems to happen less and less each year.

Nah probaly more along the lines there hasnt been any big jobs to warrant it?

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Hybrid Hino
« on: August 09, 2008, 11:14:17 AM »
Our 14 year old 24 has done 42,000 kms.....although at least half of that has been done at training & sunday morning truck runs.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Burnside Pumper
« on: August 09, 2008, 11:10:22 AM »
I guess the money Burnside put in could of come from an account outside of the CFS, which therefore doesnt make it CFS money, but in the age of no trucks are owned by the brigades i guess the CFS can step in and take what they want?

But i agree if the CFS decide to move the truck the Burnside brigade should be reimbursed for the money they put in.  Its only fair.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Kalangadoo's first Private Alarm
« on: August 08, 2008, 07:53:57 PM »
Quote from: bill - Hynam CFS on August 08, 2008, 07:15:45 PM
Should have been a two station job...........

Nah its wattle range....at least 4

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All Equipment discussion / Re: I'm Horny
« on: August 08, 2008, 07:11:57 PM »
Quote from: SA Firey on August 08, 2008, 06:13:56 PM
Nah,just stick a Federal "Q" siren on your appliance problem solvered....if that wont move traffic nothing will :-D

cow catcher!

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Country Fire Service / Kalangadoo's first Private Alarm
« on: August 08, 2008, 05:34:50 PM »
Quote from: Robert-Robert34 on August 08, 2008, 04:05:56 PM
1909366 14:55:18 08-08-08 MFS: *CFSRES INC039 08/08/08 14:55,RESPOND Private Alarm,MILLICENT RD, KALANGADOO ,KALANGADOO MAP 0 0 0 TG231,KALANGADOO KINDERGARTEN,KALA00 CFS Kalangadoo Response

Im not sure if you would class this as an interesting pager message but its interesting to note that this is the first private alarm call Kalangadoo brigade has been paged too  :-)

Yeah not very interesting

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SAAS / Re: Breakin at Bordertown Ambulance Station
« on: August 07, 2008, 08:40:49 PM »
What is wrong with a great big German Shepard?

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Emergency Vehicles / Re: oakbank 14
« on: August 03, 2008, 08:50:03 AM »
Looked like a practical vehicle.


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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: August 02, 2008, 10:20:26 AM »
MFS: *CFSRES INC023 02/08/08 09:41,RESPOND To,PICCADILLY RD,PICCADILLY MAP 145 H 2 TG126,CONTACT MR GEOFF GREENOW 0411 616 016, A,T NETBALL CLUB RE AN ISSUE WITH TOILETS,RESULTING IN A PUBLIC HYGIENE ISSUE,PCCY00 CFS Piccadilly Response


WTF?  Dont plumbers work on saturdays? or at least the SES? haha just kidding

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Incident Operations / Re: Hay Shed Fire Thomas Plains
« on: July 31, 2008, 07:18:17 PM »
seen a pic on the adelaide now website of someone in an MFS PBI kit?

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