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thanks for the info pip,
like i said i wasnt taking the piss, i was just honestly interested
being members of smaller brigades, i generally havent had that issue.

Quote from: Blue on January 19, 2008, 11:25:20 AM

Its funny MFS changing channel to CFS as Bunnings is across the other side of the road and therefore out of area   

MFS changing to A different channel because they go through the roundabout? I'd like to see that. They have been to calls well out of town and refused to change channels (sorry, reading through thread well after its al been written, and thinking of lots ofreplies..)

I'm sure most of you on SAFF that have job outside the service will agree that its not just captains who are getting bogged down with paper work. These days everyone is accountable for every minute thing that somehow relates to their job. Across the employment board it is becoming harder to find ppl for leadership positions. From  teaching background (im only a teacher by the way, not a principal), why would you want to be a principal? Little kid falls over and grazes his knee, parents come and sue you because you are principal and in charge (not quite that bad just yet) and unlike other leadership positions, the opportunities for incentives just arent there, company has a good year, heres a bonus. School has a good year, heres a finger painting from a 5 yea old. Yay!!!
Just as being principal has its emotional rewrds so would being a captain. It's certainly not the financial gain. I gues it justtakes a dedicate person who is willing to go above and beyond for their community

Info Page sent to a CFS Brigade: "Very good information suggests that there will be an advertisement for full time SAMFS firefighters in Saturdays Advertiser, with applications on-line as of the 11th Feb Any queries call *************"


would that very good information be this thread where it was posted yesterday???

i reckon that one service is actually a top idea.
It would logistically be a nightmare, and getting it set up would cuase such a stink, but government mergers and consolidation of assets could see it happen.

"Hypothetically" Wouldnt it be funny if they said, right, were gonna go and build 200 new super stations (no idea how many would be needed...). We will fill these stations, with crew who are fully trained, and equipment that is suitable for all fire fighting. but we will also keep MFS and CFS going, but not take on any new members. Members can choose to swap to the Super Stations, or stay until eventually there is no more cfs or mfs and only our super stations.

Jees, can you imagine how flooded saff would become if that was even thought about. lol

On face value you are probably right. that post looked awfully like i was saying captain shouldnt be in charge. Let me clarify. A captain from a brigade that is consistently second or third on scene should not try and assume responsibility over the incident and assume that because they are there, everyone else should bow down before them.
I hope this puts the statment in context. Chain of Command is important, Captains recognising and following that chain at a multi brigade/agency incident is also important...

it took them two days to ring?
don't get me wrong, im probably the last person to stick up for the rights of a cat and all, but surely, after maybe 6 hours 12 hours 24 hours? you might think to ring if you couldnt do the rescue yourself?
Squirt the owner i say...

02:24:22 28-01-08 NO CARRIER ALARM, NO CARRIER, NATIONAL RAIL REST HOUSE, RAILWAY PDE, PORTAUGUSTA MFS Pt Augusta
02:24:18 28-01-08 NO CARRIER ALARM, NO CARRIER, BIG W, 5 EL ELAMEIN ROAD, PORT AUGUSTA MFS Pt Augusta
02:24:13 28-01-08 NO CARRIER ALARM, NO CARRIER, HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION STACK, HOSPITAL RD, PORT AUGUSTA MFS Pt Augusta
02:24:07 28-01-08 NO CARRIER ALARM, NO CARRIER, TELSTRA MICROWAVE STATION, 111 TASSIE ST, PORT AUGUSTA MFS Pt Augusta

Same thing again? Is there anyone from up there that can explain?

hmm red truck, that would imply that i'll be joining the mets up here??
maybe my new truck will be a hybrid like blue's truck. Half white Half Red??

Depending on which mining companies are up there the dirt in itself may be a hazmat job, what with the uranium scattered a metre underground?

Heard a story the other day about a hazmat job up north that was delayed for days because the truck contained acid that would eat through typical gear, and they needed to wait for specialist equipment from sydney to be flown in...

Name:JULIA XXXXX - 2ND CALL Number:08xxxxxxx & xxxxxxx Address:xxxxxx Suburb:ASCOT PARK - DEAD KOALA IN DRIVEWAY. LOOKS IN A BAD WAY Situation:UNLISTED

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Pip

Doesnt' get much worse than dead does it?

[edit: fixing quoting]

maybe you've just got a thing for colours BLUE?