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Country Fire Service / Re: Innovations
« on: October 28, 2006, 09:13:25 AM »
Quote from: pipster on October 27, 2006, 11:18:48 PM
I wouldn't see a properly set up innovation committee as ignoring the chain of command......but a proper channel for ideas to go...

Chain of command is something that really peeves me......people seem to use it as an excuse not to pass relevant info along, of to stop others from actually doing something.

Chain of command, in my opinion, is about who answers to who, within an operational environment.

Outside of the Operations, there is an appropriate procedure to follow, as to who to speak to about what...but it doesn't necessarily follow that you must speak to your Captain, who must speak to the Group officer, who must speak to the Regional Officer etc.....

This is not to say you ignore everyone, and go straight to the chief for any issue that you see, BUT if you set up an appropriate committee, you can make it clear that individuals can present info direct to the committee, without stepping on the toes of the so called "chain of command"

Pip



I agree to that. I think i put my words badly

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All Equipment discussion / Branch
« on: October 27, 2006, 10:52:51 PM »
In our brigade we only have rather old brass 38 & 64 branches. I was wondering what model and brand most other brigades use that are less thatn 2 or so years old.

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SAMFS / Re: MFS Comm Cen
« on: October 27, 2006, 10:50:38 PM »
That goes back to how the SES respond,their response times and the fact that they aern't as common as CFS. which has been discusses elsewhere

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Country Fire Service / Re: Innovations
« on: October 27, 2006, 10:41:37 PM »
So essentialy it is jumping the chain of command.

But it is probarly a good idea as there are various sugestions that I have made in my brigade that ae supported by the yonger membars of the brigade but shot down by the older members for no real reason other than it is diffrent from the way it has been done in the past. it also means that more peope hear of the idea faster and thoughts aern't contained to the brigade.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Innovations
« on: October 27, 2006, 05:38:17 PM »
This would be very good if it is able to make individual brigades get their ideas into the field. But of course where is the money  going to come from?

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SAMFS / Re: MFS Comm Cen
« on: October 26, 2006, 09:28:05 PM »
Hang on isn't the MFS adimently saying that they don't want to be involved in the politics of dispatching brigades?

Isn't this also a very good benifit of getting SACAD that the computer will take into account many variables and dispatch whoever can get the requied resources their fastest. In an ideal world we as FF's would acknowlage that our job is to protect lives and do the job. It is sad that getting more calls to your brigade name brings some benifits eg funding and being noticed. The ability to remove a large ammount of human control from the dispatch center will be good.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Fergy wanted dead
« on: October 26, 2006, 09:19:23 PM »
if that is true it is way to harsh

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SA Firefighter General / Re: What is underneath your PBI?
« on: October 25, 2006, 10:00:24 PM »
In BFF1 we got advised to basicly do the same. Throught winter i tried to always have a thick wollen jumper mainly for warmth under proban.
Members of my brigade say you have to waere something to protect from steam burns.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Appliances
« on: October 25, 2006, 04:38:33 PM »
Remove the crew deck or shift it to the back and put the water tank right against the cab?

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Ordering of PBI Gold
« on: October 25, 2006, 04:37:14 PM »
I don't have it as I haven't done BA yet but our brigade uses it for everything where BA might be used as well.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Appliance Near Misses!
« on: October 24, 2006, 04:50:40 PM »
Both truck = Way too fast

that would (should have) require some paper work

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Cleaning Fire Gear??
« on: October 24, 2006, 04:45:32 PM »
I have been told a cold wash no soap gets it a bit cleaner.

if you are wating for Nomex does that menat that everyone should have a set of nomex. my brigade only has Nomex for BA waiting for PBI and everyone else has Proban.

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OFF Topic / Re: Congratulations Medevac
« on: October 24, 2006, 12:50:57 PM »
is what??? :? :?

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SAMFS / Re: MFS Comm Cen
« on: October 23, 2006, 04:58:31 PM »
I think the MFS have done quite a good job untill their normal brigades are out of action. And then CFS groups and politics comes into play. it will be good when the new computer based system come into action and then most of the human side is taken out of the equation.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Fire bombers
« on: October 22, 2006, 11:29:14 AM »
The flexibility of many bombers is possibly more useful than one large one. of coure it depends on the fire. ie. in the US with the large forrest and crown fires big bombers like the 747 and skycrane are probarly more useful than the smaler types we use.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Future Appliances
« on: October 21, 2006, 09:05:22 PM »
any Pics?

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Country Fire Service / Re: Future Appliances
« on: October 21, 2006, 06:02:26 PM »
just the Hino chassie or have they already built a truck?

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ALL Rescue / Re: 'Heavy' Rescue
« on: October 21, 2006, 01:25:00 PM »
Thanks :lol:
what thread was that

So even though there no longer is direct heavy and light some brigades Stirling carry more equipement.

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ALL Rescue / Re: 'Heavy' Rescue
« on: October 20, 2006, 02:49:59 PM »
So in a current rescue what do you get? I assume that all rescue brigades don't get a full complement of rams and everything else.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: 'New inventors' warning device
« on: October 20, 2006, 12:05:13 PM »
as the MFS control the traffic lights in the city turn it on once outside the city

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Hypotheticals / Re: Mount lofty house
« on: October 20, 2006, 12:01:41 PM »
yes it is very effective especially when CFB training can be used to its full potential. But as safty is the priority and the entire top floor is alight I would be very cautious about sending crews into it.

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Country Fire Service / Re: Future Appliances
« on: October 20, 2006, 11:54:58 AM »
It would be good to have similar or the same accross the state but then there would be no new development in the annnual batches of trucks.

Other that a Hino and roller doors are there any other major diffrences in New 34s?

I think we should come up wit hsome trucks like Picadilly Summertown and Bridgewater 14 as they are a smaller and yet have more space than the utes.

I agree it would be good to see more CAFS on CFS trucks

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Hypotheticals / Re: Mount lofty house
« on: October 19, 2006, 09:14:32 PM »
to really if ythis happened we would all arrive and go oh (something that I wont say on the form :-P) and undertake defensive firefighting.

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ALL Rescue / Re: CFS NEW AIRCRAFT RESCUE UNIT
« on: October 18, 2006, 08:05:08 PM »
acording to an article in Australian Aviation about the Airport fier service at Sydney you have approx 3 min to put the fire out for any hope of survivors.

Back on point Why not give the Brigades with heavy RCR or in the response zones of airstrips some basic tranning.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: 'New inventors' warning device
« on: October 13, 2006, 09:49:28 PM »
Hey what about that BA holder Flex I think it as called? will we see it in action?

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