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Quote from: Crankster 34 on December 30, 2009, 08:45:32 AM

Quote1908950 22:26:39 29-12-09 MFS:1: *CFSRES INC093 29/12/09 22:25,RESPOND To,CORNER OF COLVILLE RD & RYAN RD,WHITES VALLEY MAP 224 M 6 TG132,FROM SAPOL. SOME BRAIN SURGEON HAS SPILL,ED APPROX 8 LITRES OF OIL ACROSS THE RD., NEED KITTY LITTER

Slightly unprofessional, not to mention it pushes the message needlessly over into two seperate messages. This results in the response tone only activating for about a second before the next message containing the brigade names is received on the normal tone.

But it relates to how the volly's would think tho....I vote that its politically correct...

PFFT.

204 must be off the road?

the new complex isnt complete is it?

CFS: AIR OPERATIONS FDI INFO: FDI'S FOR 23/12/09. MT CRAW: 69 & 89, KUITPO: 69 & 89, MT GAMBIER: 41 & 79, CNAWRA: 34 & 75, CUMMINS: 218, PT LINCOLN: 258 & 158. > 22/12/2009 4:32:51 PM

if CFSVA's recieves nothing or "declines"...its pretty safe to say, they know somethings wrong with the CFS.

i try to avoid doing washing.... :)

dark blue field uniform, with a dark blue shirt under that...

heat stress pfft, thats why i do fitness and drink regularly......

Casuals/work clothes dont go out on calls, hence its all usually in the boot.

Hahaha, im nearly chocking from disbelief....  this is finally something with substance!!!   Well done CFSVA.

CFS shoulda asked the government for funding of about 3000 Pagers.

Darren,  Steamranger? ill join ya?

Hear Hear bundybear!

The poster says it all,  afterall the poster cost as much money to make as buying bucket loads of PPE....


I'm waiting for TRAINING to be a more focused issue than PPE and AIRCRAFT and VEHICLES and RECRUITMENT and OHS and and and....

Training is how we are firefighters....

NEEDDD WATER NOWW!!!!   Pump operator: ehhhhh, ahhhh, ohhhhh, there we go...

Train to be quick thinkers and doers...

for Example our GO is telling us we will be removed from the rural fireground if we have a structural helmet on

Same here now....

*shakes head*

SACAD reannoucement...

Hopefully, at tonight's R1VMC meeting, the POSTER & UNIFORM MANUAL are disseminated & explained thoroughly.

The more this issue gets pushed, the more i care less about bushfires...

KEITH BASE: anyone unabel to be around on a fire band day please let me know SMS or ring 0429429124. capt 15/12/2009 7:28:24 PM CFS Keith Info


Fire Band, hear that boys,  tune up your banjos!

Quote from: Blue on December 15, 2009, 10:01:39 AM
The landholders I talk to in regional areas (south east) don't want to join the CFS as that means their own property and often total financial livelihood could be left to perish duirng a bushfire. We are told repeatedly that the CFS wont save you (we don't have enough appliances to protect every house, etc etc) so people are moving more toward the 'save yourself' line of thinking : prepare your own home, act to save your own home, and survive.

Gone are the post-war days where small groups of farmers shared resources to protect their immediate area. On an appliance we can be called well out of our own neighbourhood to respond to all manner of emergencies, and this leaves our own homes, and potentially our families there, very vulnerable.

That's all fine and well,  but it opens a whole different can of worms....

Quote from: Blue on December 15, 2009, 10:15:02 AM

Quote from: crashndash on November 28, 2009, 06:55:05 PM
maybe we should look at how many people we have lost as instructors over the last few years and ask why that is......its not workload....

Personal view -
Workload is one. Travel is long and your weekends are totally eaten up. CABA courses can be very hard yakka (and should be). They do come at signficant personal cost, of which CFS makes an effort to contribute (travel costs reimbursed for example). But for regional trainers the travel time is a killer.
The training is another. The lack of dedication to serious training and a serious commitment to OHS&W. The realisation that too many volunteers pass a course feeling that they are a BA operator, when they have simply learned how to don a set. Every CABA wearer should undertake live fire training at Brukunga and carry out some other brigade minimum in order to be called a BA operator.
Just a few reasons for your interest.

Got it in One.

OHS&W is being met now,  time for a bit of dedication towards the serious training.

I'm going to carry around a Uniform Manual, a Poster, a Memo, and a IERG with me all the time....somehow...

Yeah matt's right,

1 x App – min.  Second app. required if no CABA on first

BUT...when can we ever guarantee BA operators on the first appliance.


Lack of BA operators trained, equals automatic 2nd alarm Vehicle fire upon 000.... (2nd Alarm Vehicle Fire being a cumulative response of 3 appliances)

COSO 15 explains what our standing orders are for timely sitreps all the way up the chain.

QuoteNo it's the 'rural ensemble' for hazmat according to the uniform manual (usually just a shorts/pants and t-shirt are worn under the splash/gas suit from what I've seen).

Ill keep washing my Level 1 after being a Decon Zone Operator, in my own washing machine then.....

Decon Zone Operator literally needs to be wearing a Chemical Barrier...either being PBI gold or Tyvek Coveralls.

The PBI Gold Ensemble is a chemical barrier application.  The IERG refers to Level 3/Structural when it comes to the lowest protection for Immediate Rescue.

...Yeah, but you know how some GO's & Captains are, they seem to follow the leader who sends out the wrong message. Higher ranks in the group seem to hate PBI as much as the select few of Staff.   They are, unapproachable, about this topic.

Last question, why isnt there a copy of the Uniform Manual in every station, accessible to all members.


Rules being made without consulting particular departments of the CFS...

State...Everything except Rural.
Region....Only when you will wear BA.

Hazmat is an example where this contradicts with SOP. To do anything in Hazmat operations, its PBI Gold or Higher, required.

IF youve got PBI, wear it...its a higher level of protection, from the elements of danger we encounter..  CFS Motto: "Safety First".

Now...the Storm Damage/Weather Related incidents....Poster: Yes,  Memo: No.

ha good point...  Now that's a new idea when it comes to Fire Service PPE Protests...   But yeh,  it'd be horrible..