SA Firefighter

They have three on order, slight issues to be sorted out before they are on the run.

oh, by the way woodville station is 24 and oakden is station 30.

Yes, from what i hear the shortfalls start at the headlights and finish at the rear flashers.

But i think it is slowly getting there

Here here.

That's a great idea. That way C.F.S could pitch in with some adveritiseing and posters etc.

It is hard to get people to come to one brigades open day but i think if a whole region was to have an open day people would make it a day out and maybe visit 3 or 4 around their area.
Not only good for the public but for the volunteers to go around and see stations they may have never seen before

Lion apparel also make a structure glove which are quite good, not sure of the cost but probably are alot.
Might be worth investigating.

Sorry, I meant the overall terrist thing, not just CBR. S.E.S have recieved alot of gear in relation to structure collapse etc..

Some very good points there mike.

I remember when i first joined we used to have a shed at our old station that we would use for training. Before smoke machines were affordable we used to use an old washing machine barrel full of oil soaked sandbags smouldering to create smoke in the shed. I know now how dangerous this was but at the time we all just thought it was harmless smoke but in theory the shed could have flashed at any time due to the rich amount of unburnt gases. And of course this was in the days of overall's and turn out coats and top guard helmet's

I would rather someone show people the doll's house on a small scale than use a shed as a really big doll's house and actually go in to it as we used to do.

The trouble is again, only two inlets and two outlets on the 34p. I don't know much about the volvo but i imagine it has more than two in two out, i also imagine it is two stage or above. You can have as bigger pump as you want but only a certain amount of water can fit through a pipe at one time

Yes, it was when the state cadet co-ordinator first started so i think she was trying to do and say the right thing but backed off when we told her how impossible that would be.

I am a cadet leader and i know the frustrations involved with the new rules on what cadets can and can't do eg: burnoff's.
Another issue is the age of going on the truck even after they are 16. For example we had a female cadet who moved up to firefighter at the age of 16, we were told by the cadet staff member ( can't remember the new one's name) that she could only go on the truck if there was two other female's over the age of 18 on the truck??? Her reason was that one of the female's may have to be incident controller or sector commander.
We nicely told her that it won't happen, but I guess it is a big issue these days with sexual abuse and the like.
It isn't much incouragement for female's to join the service if they are restricted like this right from the point of joining!!!

One day when i win the lottery i will buy our brigade a Tiller as in my picture, that will turn a few heads when we rock up with M.F.S.

Yes, i would have thought when planning to get new gear such a directive would come naturally as part of the planning, no point buying a certain garment if you don't know what you want to use it for.
As for the directive i have heard one is coming out, but as with alot of other things c.f.s is being re-active not pro-active.