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General Discussion => SA Firefighter General => Topic started by: COBB on May 14, 2008, 05:55:49 PM

Title: Paging Delays???
Post by: COBB on May 14, 2008, 05:55:49 PM
Why is that there appears to be a delay in paging the CFS to an incident, particularly RCR? Usually appears to be around 5 min delay between SAAS being paged and then CFS.
Or is it just the way the paging website works?

COBB
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: bajdas on May 14, 2008, 06:09:14 PM
I would suggest that this is the time to pass the information from SAAS ComCen to SAMFS ComCen. One of the reasons for SACAD system being created.
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: RescueHazmat on May 14, 2008, 08:55:49 PM
Here we go again..  :roll:
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Zippy on May 14, 2008, 09:07:28 PM
Scrubs "everything comes down to poo" song ;)

"we got paged 5mins later....check the poooooo!"
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: COBB on May 15, 2008, 09:40:30 AM
Thanks bajdas. Is there a doco/link available to understand how this process is suppposed to work?

Zippy/RescueHazmat, perhaps you can direct me to where this has previously been discussed. Would be a lot more value than your current replies.

Where I live there are 4 CFS stations closer than the nearest SAAS. This SAAS sometimes has trouble filling a crew.
Surely the quicker someone (from any service) is able to attend the better.
Sorry if you don't see it as an issue. This is not about service vs service and who gets there first but about getting the quickest response to an incident (whomever it may be).

COBB
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Zippy on May 15, 2008, 10:04:00 AM
Sorry, lol just thought 20 pages of discussion was enough for this topic :P

http://www.safirefighter.com/boards/index.php/topic,325.0.html

simply expect 3-5mins for a urgent job,  up to 20mins for a not so urgent job...or 1 hour later "oh filtered we need firies here now".

Yet if us the CFS are first responders, have to make sure SAAS and Police has been dispatched through adelaide fire ;) Most of the time they would have ;)
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Katrina on May 15, 2008, 02:15:06 PM
I thought enough talk on this last time also but i will just say alot comes down to how the incident was reported in the first place by a member of the public
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Alan (Big Al) on May 15, 2008, 03:15:35 PM
1909102 09:37:11 15-05-08 MFS: *CFSRES INC022 15/05/08 09:36,RESPOND RCR,GOMERSAL RD,TANUNDA MAP 0 0 0 TG179,ADJ EDEN RD ONE PERSON TRAPPED,NTPA19 CFS Nuriootpa Response

1905672 09:32:45 15-05-08 MFS: *CFSRES INC022 15/05/08 09:32,RESPOND RCR,GOMERSAL RD,TANUNDA MAP 0 0 0 TG179,ADJ EDEN RD ONE PERSON TRAPPED,TAN631 MFS Tanunda Response
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Zippy on May 15, 2008, 05:49:49 PM
hmm...seemed Tanunda CFS, Sheoak Log and Roseworthy were involved with this job...have a feeling some Defaults occured, cant blame them because of the time ey 9am probably the hardest time of the day.

believe it was a MVA fire, with the occupant successfully retrieved..and thankfully nil fatality.
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: safireservice on May 15, 2008, 06:16:58 PM
Just reading the paper it says 1 fatality?
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Cameron Yelland on May 15, 2008, 06:28:52 PM
hmm...seemed Tanunda CFS, Sheoak Log and Roseworthy were involved with this job...have a feeling some Defaults occured, cant blame them because of the time ey 9am probably the hardest time of the day.

believe it was a MVA fire, with the occupant successfully retrieved..and thankfully nil fatality.

Werent the other brigades paged due to the grass fire that started due to the accident?
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Zippy on May 15, 2008, 06:35:25 PM
Just reading the paper it says 1 fatality?

Ah crap :(

Camo...probably...but crew's at that time are generally the lightest ey...
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: boss on May 15, 2008, 07:13:39 PM
Werent the other brigades paged due to the grass fire that started due to the accident?

no tanunda and sheoke log  was just called for mva to start off with and about 1300 hr police sed there is a fire 5 km up the road  :wink:
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: RescueHazmat on May 16, 2008, 02:18:47 PM
Thanks bajdas. Is there a doco/link available to understand how this process is suppposed to work?

Zippy/RescueHazmat, perhaps you can direct me to where this has previously been discussed. Would be a lot more value than your current replies.

Where I live there are 4 CFS stations closer than the nearest SAAS. This SAAS sometimes has trouble filling a crew.
Surely the quicker someone (from any service) is able to attend the better.
Sorry if you don't see it as an issue. This is not about service vs service and who gets there first but about getting the quickest response to an incident (whomever it may be).

COBB

Heres a link to the 26 pages!!.. http://www.safirefighter.com/boards/index.php/topic,325.0.html - Hence my initial comment! ..- There is a Search feature at the top of the screen as well, can be helpful when looking to see if various issues / threads have been previously discussed.
Title: Re: Paging Delays???
Post by: Zippy on May 16, 2008, 02:46:38 PM
Heres a link to the 26 pages!!.. - Hence my initial comment! ..- There is a Search feature at the top of the screen as well, can be helpful when looking to see if various issues / threads have been previously discussed.

haha good to see someones on the ball....thought this place went to the dogs!