SA Firefighter

"Marriage is based on the theory that when man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste he should at once throw up his job and go work in the brewery."

George Jean Nathan

CFS People are OK. Tust too many are protecting their own interests rather than those of the community. (Red Truck White Truck Who Cares.) But most of the good ones come from the country.  

Disappointment awaits you behind every smiling face..

  

 

Am a bit curious to find a definition of "firie". 

BHPESO started a thread about when a FF could call themselves qualified.  I’m like you, find it really amusing the amount of pretend Fire fighters about. They really need to look at the real world and realise the only reason they are there is because the government is using them as free labour,

With all the crap that goes about on here, it's just jealousy. We who get paid are ultimately real.  No need to hide the, on the dole, or trolley collector job.


 

How little you know, 90% of our job is Medical and thats what i like about it, but when I'm getting paid $50,000 a year more than a MFS firefighter, ill happily put pretend anywhere, i know which job i want. I'll have the cash anyday. 

Hey if your rekon your on 50k more than MFS, we really know your full of scheiße. Simon Q agreed that you get nothing like that, rather your blowing your own trumpet. Ask Adam Mckee,  he has stated the same, ie your still complaining about your pay,  just as well Alison is on the way out and Towler has been given the Sack internally. (quality management there) 

Lets be realistic Jase C 90% of your job is playing with piss and the the other 10% is unlocking doors for management,  Your called an ESO  remember that means an Extra Security Officer..) 

If it's so good why is everybody leaving or left like Joff, and most others looking for a way out.

Roumor has it that your new boss is going to have you dressed in orange and cutting sandwiches...  SES station in the making....

50K my donkey. 

I Agree,  SES should be Super Excelent Sandwich makers.....

I question the need for them at all!!  Well not quiet some units are very good but RCR should remain with one agency,  Or next we will have the NSW Version..  Ambulance rescue, police rescue, volunterr rescue, NSWFB, SES, just depends on where you are.... 

Least if you keep it with one style of ageny.  such as fire,  we all know who to call.   

Hmm  Now where is my Blue Book.....  Anybody got a quick reference to it?

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Is it just me, or does it seem that it is written as a, "I WISH I WAS"!!!!

Another crank wannabe if you ask me!!

Hi 24 Pumper,  Firstly lets compare apples with apples.  The cfs is by my experience the best Vol service in Australia. correct me if i'm wrong but we swapped training pakages to our advantage with other services in australia. Promote and Assess nationaly recogniosed qualifications,  Just look at the BFF1

CFS Equipment is exceptional and state of the art. just have a look at the NSWRFS, CFS strategicly have had good management conversley I question wether management is currently focused in the correct direction as i have previously stated in another thread, becomming too urbanised. 

The statement made was intended to be a positive one, that suggests we are in a great position but like with anything you can make improvements.

RTW

what is the policy on PBI without the liner?

I thought that Lion would not accept responsibility for injury etc..?

May be wrong but i'm sure someone could correct me.  after all it's designed to have the liner in,  and removed when being washed....


Is this a common practice amounst some brigades to wear PBI minus the liner??

RTW

Maybe I should apply for a job at BHP Roxby.

So what are your thoughts then jase? Does the problem relate to current brigade management, cause it would have been better in your day i'm sure.


Just my opinion.

RTW. 

Whats the rubbish mate? - If you could just clarify your statement.

Who was the agency notified first of the call? .. Do you know.have the times for when each agency received notification in comparison to the time the call was received? .. Do you know what details were given upon receipt of the call? .. - If you could answer those for me in clarification of your statement of the dispatch being rubbish, then I may be able to comment on the matter. - But at the moment I can't, because I don't know the facts, and im not just going to go off the pager website.  
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Well said, all too often on this forum, it seems that some people have nothiing better to do with their life except, tune in to the scanner, eye the paging system and create rumeors. 
I'd also like to add that unless the pager/response error directly concerns you or your brigade, keep you fingers off the keyboard and shut the (hmm cant write that word) up.  sure ask a question about it.
Don't try to put a puzzle together unless you have all the peices.

No matter what is said, a person will only ever make the correct decision at the time.  cause if they new it was wrong they wouldn't make it.. although in hindsight you may have been able to make a better one.   These guys in com cens do a great job, even with the ERS7 system we had trucks go the wrong way due to communication breakdowns. 

Please remember they work only with the information avaliable.

lets be positive and not bash the messengers.

Will enhance and give great life skills,  (Positive one hopes)

I feel that CFS has become to urbanised in its future directions and policies, I would like to hear from other people if they feel the same way or not! especially with many people in state HQ comming from the urban fringe, are they missing the true rural point of view?



My personal Stance:

Give MFS areas such as Morphet Vale, Salisbury, Mt Barker, and turn these Stations into Support Brigades, Like Burnside and Athelstone. Reducing the workload on the Volunteers (More MFS stations mean more jobs for those volunteers who are capable) A similar thing happened in the Para group, TTG CFS gave away Golden Grove and Salisbury gave away the levels, They now do less calls but the calls are more action. correct me if i'm wrong.

Allow those who get paid to do most of the work load and allow the Volunteers to provide that support function. ( I know of stations both rural and Urban fringe who couldn't turn out a truck through the day,  think of your own group,  how many times have third fourth and fith pages been required, (Yes it has happened to MFS Retained stations as well.)


Give a greater focus back to rural brigades who need more support. (Being involved with both SAAS and CFS in a rural enviroment the support from CFS paid staff is Poor in comparison.)

Limit the amount of hours volunteers may donate in a given time frame allowing for family and work time. (I don't know how many devorces i have seen caused by obsession with the cfs pager and call outs) any thoughts on how this can be acheived 

CFS produces a In Service Education Plan like SAAS, that ensures people who have gained skills are maintaining them in accordance with the evolving climate.  Ie, it gives them a year to prove skills during training or emergency incidents. with a focus on a specific area each year. (The time required for continuance training is now ridculas)

Do people in the country also feel that there is basicly two CFS's  a Rural volunteer out of necessity and an urban fringe who are obsessed with high call rates who wish their truck was painted red?

This is not meant to offend rather raise a topic for discussion that i have been hearing down the station more and more of late.

PS, how can you stop station politics?  does it only happen in my station....

RTW