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General Discussion => SA Firefighter General => Topic started by: Zippy on October 01, 2008, 10:20:46 AM
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thought id start something new in regards to pager messages :)
01:32:33 01-10-08 MFS: SIG INC: SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FOR OCT.1st , ISSUED FOR NWP, NEP, WC, EEP, LEP, FL, MN, MLR, AM, YP, KI, , MUR, . HIGH WIND GUSTS, T/STORMS, MAY BE EXPECTED. ON-CALL STAFF CONFIRM. 01/10/2008 1:32:18 AM CFS R1 Weather
and how was everyone elses sleep?
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I Slept right through that one! :-D
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yeah it didn't bother me
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annoyed the scheiße outta me!
made me want to ring Adelaide fires alarm number, just to give them a weather report!
seriously though, WTF were they smoking??
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annoyed the filtered outta me!
made me want to ring Adelaide fires alarm number, just to give them a weather report!
seriously though, filtered were they smoking??
BoM update is the winds to reach Adelaide between 1100 to 1400 01/10/2008.
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meh...woosh
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Didn't worry us....we were at a job....lucky for you AF!! :lol:
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Holy smoke! You're part of an emergency service that operates 24/7!
Who would have thought that important info may come through at any hour :O
EDIT: 27 hours in a day? Who'da thunk it!
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yeah 24/7 for RESPONSE messages ;)
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that operates 27/7
thats getting the most out of the day :)
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yeah 24/7 for RESPONSE messages ;)
I don't know about you, I don't mind the heads up. Yes, even at 1am.
that operates 27/7
thats getting the most out of the day :)
It's all about efficiency in this day and age!
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Given that the first Severe Wx Warning was issued at around 1630 yesterday, with updates every 3 hours, and the fact that the one that was paged out was just another routine 'update' (the same as all the ones prior), and also the fact that the warning actually stated that the severe winds wouldn't reach the settled areas until around 0700 at the earliest (for the West Coast), and also the fact that messages on the Regional Maildrop need either the DSC or RDO's permission I think we can safely say that someone screwed up.
Thanks B Shift.
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Im with numbers..
& I dont think they would send that without being told to so by someone in CFS Heirachy..?
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I think its more likely it went to the wrong paging group, and was only meant for duty officers.
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Its good for the people concerned to be given the heads up if servere enough, but even i got the filtered page and if ya thought i was annoyed should have seen the wife.... not happy Jan.
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seriously one page bet if it was a warning for dty lightning in middle of summer ya all wouldn be wingin.........
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yeah i agree with that mac13 ;)
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Zippy... You started the thread mate.. :p
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Fact: It was a stuff up !
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Numbers, why don't you PM me your pager address...
so i can page you every time a severe weather warning is issued.
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Zippy... You started the thread mate.. :p
Ah but SUMMER is a different thing, and DRY LIGHTINING is a different thing alllll together ;)
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Numbers, why don't you PM me your pager address...
so i can page you every time a severe weather warning is issued.
I happily get quite a few of them, along with more than my fair share of other info pages. But thanks anyhow ;)
Zippy... You started the thread mate.. :p
Ah but SUMMER is a different thing, and DRY LIGHTINING is a different thing alllll together ;)
Whine whine whine whine whine... oh but in this case its OK!
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Zippy/ Pixie might surprise you but wild weather costs a lot more than wild fire does every year.
And as CFS looks after most of the physical land mass of the state in all things emergency - ergo you need to know about storms in winter!
Therefore all you do is what I used to do - have a read, doesn't apply, roll over & go back to sleep!
Not quite sure what the problem is - I used to get them by pager & SMS on the duty phone (one after the other)& Newbies then ringing up asking what they should do!(and my replies had to be nice didn't want to upset the little darlings)
So one little pager message occasionally is no big deal - after all you guys want to be the guru's of all things emergency so get used to it :-D
Finally as some very clever people have already said"it was a stuff up", no big deal.
cheers
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Not clever, just the facts.
Nothing more nothing less. Build a bridge people.
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I can easily get away with being constantly woken up for info drops and brigades responses,.....A lot of you others DEFINATELY need the beauty sleep :-D
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i like my sleep thanks jaff, you should already know that, helps me get over thinking about work, but yeah for a response message, screw sleep.
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A memo was circulated today from xxxx xxx explaining that Regions 1,2,3 and 4 received a info page at 1;30ish was a mistake by the operator who will undergo pager retraining (drop,bend,pineapple,insert and turn). :-o
Oh well, Shite happens!
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if you dont wanna get pager messages through the night....turn the filtered off!
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Are people on this forum retarded or something?
None of the people who have complained care if they get a response message throughout the night...
It is when one of Adelaide Fire People stuff up and send out a weather warning, which had been issued many hours before, gets sent out as a regional mail drop at 1:30 in the morning.
For the record, it wasn't the 01:30 mail drop that annoyed me, it was the one at 07:43 that got under my skin.
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thanks to those maildrops, maildrop tone is now silent.
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yeah, my mail drop is now vibrate. until summer.
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Oh no! Someone screwed up once in a blue moon... OH NO!
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...and some of the people complaining, I think are wanting to take-over volunteer emergency services into one entity....the storm alert pagers would be one of the consequences of the take-over because the agencies are trying to prevent damage rather than respond after the damage happens...and yes some Unit's/Regions's warn campers, local fairs, etc that a storm is coming.
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and yes some Unit's/Regions's warn campers, local fairs, etc that a storm is coming
We might as well start broadcasting storm warnings on the CB radio if we want to warn campers and other recreational users of severe weather :roll: :-P
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Not quite Robert that is what ABC radio & the weather web site is for!
Just like fire weather warnings, the mail drop message warns crews just as Andrew said. And if there were a big function on in your area (like the local show being setup on the previous day), you could (I'm not saying you would) warn the organisers or be prepared for the "calamity" that may follow!
And Pixie - read what was said no one mentioned response pages, as has been said previously, get used to the mail drops they are part of the overall package. Just this time was a little mistake!
Anyway I think I've said enough on this - in all honestly it's a storm in a teacup!
By the way if you get a chance have a look at the RFS tv ad, it's that good I almost joined up! Then I had a reality check :-D
cheers
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Chook, no guarantees you would get in, the fire service has standards! :-D
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Yeah I know! :wink:
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yeah, my mail drop is now vibrate. until summer.
Sheesh.. I won't mention how I read that at a quick glance!..
I feel sorry for the o/call staff in summer who get 100 pages a day!
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I feel sorry for the o/call staff in summer who get 100 pages a day!
Atleast they don't have to buy a Vibratex Rabbit Habit ;)