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General Discussion => Country Fire Service => Topic started by: happyghost on May 12, 2013, 08:26:54 PM

Title: active time on a fire ground
Post by: happyghost on May 12, 2013, 08:26:54 PM

hi all just wondering if you guys know the max time one is allowed on a fire ground. as far as im aware its 12 hours but i could be wrong.

Title: Re: active time on a fire ground
Post by: Bagyassfirey on May 13, 2013, 01:18:03 PM

Quote from: happyghost on May 12, 2013, 08:26:54 PM

hi all just wondering if you guys know the max time one is allowed on a fire ground. as far as im aware its 12 hours but i could be wrong.

12 hours is generally the standard CFS shift but can vary for many reasons. Having said that we all know that rarely 12 hours is all you do for once again many varied reasons. Usually 3 x 12 hour shifts day or night than a couple days off for rest is the norm!!

But hey nothing is normal when fire is involved!!!

Title: Re: active time on a fire ground
Post by: happyghost on May 13, 2013, 05:07:11 PM

Yea thats what i thought we had a little bit of an incident where we had people on the fireground for 16+ hours and the group base wanted to keep them on longer.