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SA Firefighter General / Re: Uni Assignment please help me
« on: March 18, 2010, 05:48:45 PM »
try contacting the primary brigade or group, they might have some info and personal stories
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Oh I realise that, but they aren't going out and buying old trucks though.
Is it worth having RIV in a briagde i.e. Seaford, Bridgewater etc
How d briagdes like Burnside and stirling manage to have both heavy and light rescue?
How did they get it? was it brigade purchase or funded by the state?
(people may look down upon me for thinking this) but in the other post on "Burnside responding into East torrens it was said that Burnside do cover a fair amount of East Torrens turf but Athelstone and Burnside both are about 15 minutes away from certain parts of Norton Summit and our responding areas i.e. Teringie, Woodforde, Skye (look on SACFS promo site for more info), I had an idea of having light rescue in my briagde. Posotive views much appriciated
Numpty,
You start of as a "firefighter", then after 6 years you to progress to a "senior fire fighter", after 2 years in that role, you are eligible to apply for a "station officer" when the job is open for applicants, then after 2 years in that role you can apply for "district officer" when the job is open for applicants.
Other roles that can be progressed in include fire commander, chief incident commander e.t.c
Hope this helps
(now that I am living in a state that has 4 rescue services & see what a mess that can cause).
Anyway have a safe day & keep cool
So how do you fix this? other than buying more rescue gear?
This is the other (cheaper) option. Using the above response for example, if Burnside are turning out to cover a lack of crew with Stirling, then they should be stopped as soon as Stirling is on the road and can confirm the have sufficient rescue operators.
It is extremely rare for them to default through lack of crew. But they did call for SES pretty quickly for the earlier job, so maybe one of those days when no one is around.
I like the CFS Mt Barker system of UHF portables. Simply to use & accurate.
I assume the UHF CB's can also be used at the tasking because everyone in the crew is already carrying one.
I know some groups have negotiated having minimum of 2 BA due to CFS persisting on putting a cap on BA operators, often they have people willing to train in BA but can't get on a course.
Or you could just live anywhere...and serve the community you live in, by transfering to the local CFS, without being picky lol...
Anyway, fancy life-support gear is ambo responsibility. (see (1) above)
there is much more to every situation than what you read on the pager site!
There's no "YES" in your poll... was that deliberate?
I would support using private contractors at incidents, particularly at Hazmats. Why waste volunteers time when there are people out there trained to do the same job that are trying to make a living doing it?
Thats almost like saying why waste vollies time at all at any incident. Just call the MFS in at the start and let the CFS go home.
Vollies have done the courses to deal with these situations and if they werent prepared to put in the long hours they wouldnt volunteer.
Why is it everyone assumes vollies need assistance just because we arent paid?
Its interesting that SES seems to has similar problems to CFS regarding 'doing the same thing'.
As for dealing with life threat or non-life threat, heres a possible good practice for ses units:
P1 - Life Threat. Immediate response to station on receipt of page. Full Emergency Driving Conditions Allowed.
P2 - no immediate life threat, Equivalent of CFS Priority 2. Upgraded if required after initial arrival - respond to station after page from Duty Officer.
And id think every response would start at P2 unless otherwise stated by Adelaide Fire, or the resource first on scene.
Current SES priority codes are:
P1 = life threat, responding with MFS or CFS = lights/sirens
P2 = potential life threat = lights/sirens
P3 = serious infrastructure = no lights/sirens
P4 = minor tasking = volunteers respond at convenient time
NIL = no response
They can be altered when received by the Unit.
Just turn the monitor on and sit back,it will go out sooner or later.....
MFS: *CFSRES INC038 30/04/08 12:27,RESPOND GRASS FIRE,146 MAIN SOUTH RD,MORPHETT VALE MAP 176 K 14 TG182,AT REAR OF WOOLWORTHS TOASTING MARSHMALL,OWS,SAIR55 CDN431 CFS State Air Desk
I hope those marshmallows were purchased at Woolies and not the coles
I love how the dispatch is for MFS, not CFS....they must have been hungry for the marshmellows & not willing to share.
I would suggest the "concern" has been hyped up a little more in the article.. - 10-15 years ago it got used Australia wide on a near daily basis..