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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: December 05, 2008, 07:31:19 AM »
I would consider it a courtesy.

If you couldnt be bothered telling me its broken, why do i need to know its fixed?
Your much better giving people all the info, or none of it. (either way someone will still complain!)

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Ammusing pager message.
« on: December 01, 2008, 05:43:32 AM »
I wouldnt drive on that Alan, the 'solid' surface is only abaout 2cm thick.... turns to never ending sludge/silt after that!!

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Incident Operations / Re: Hazmat - Port Willunga
« on: November 26, 2008, 10:48:37 AM »
HAG = Hazmat Action Guide

The numbers repesent instructions on what PPC/PPE is required, and how the substance should be delt with...

Think of it as a more detailed version of the Hazchem code.

Now days its distributed as in the form of a yellow pad, but there is an older version that was printed on green (and should not be used anymore!)

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Incident Operations / Hazmat - Port Willunga
« on: November 26, 2008, 08:07:07 AM »
Good use of the paging system

MFS: RE INC 012- CALLER STATED INCIDENT MAY INVOLVE ACTIVE INGREDIENT PARAQUAT HAG CODES 3, 4, 8, 19, 27, 32, 42, 62, 65, 72, 82, 91, 93, 97. CONTACT ADELAIDE FIRE 8204 3502 FOR MORE INFO. CFS Sturt Group Officers Response

Sure beats trying to mark them off over the radio, although glad to see a follow up phone number as well.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: pager system
« on: November 21, 2008, 06:20:41 AM »
Quote from: boredmatrix on November 20, 2008, 09:54:28 PM
what bright spark gave grumpy bum the job of being a mod anyway!?

The help of all the new mods is certainly appreciated, theres a lot of time spent reading all the dribble some people come up with.  ;) :-D

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SAMFS / Re: RECRUITMENT 2008
« on: November 20, 2008, 02:11:52 PM »
Play nice....

Now give each other a big sloppy kiss and get on with some decent discussion.  :lol:

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Interesting Fire and Emergency Related Paging
« on: November 20, 2008, 02:07:05 PM »
Quote from: 6739264 on November 20, 2008, 12:10:32 PM
Ah, attack of the easily offended moderators!

 :roll: cant please everyone  :roll:  :-D

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Hypotheticals / Re: Imagine....
« on: November 11, 2008, 06:07:57 AM »
Quote from: SA Firey on November 10, 2008, 10:15:40 PM
Imagine if CFS got Skyjets and Telebooms one day....is this back on topic :-D

Depends which incident you want to respond them to ;)



For the benifit of Hazmat206 you not only need to paint the picture of circumstances, but also pose a question.

What is it that you want people to discuss about this thread????

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Auto vs Manual Transmissions
« on: November 05, 2008, 09:26:29 AM »
Quote from: Darren on November 04, 2008, 04:37:31 PM
Ah yes Mike, wasn't that fun, I only got the pleasure for a short time, think that truck cost a lot of money in its last year.

A lot might be an understatement.

Interesting to see a discussion paper has been opened about brigade requirements for vehicles.... Opens a lot of the issues we have discussed previously.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Auto vs Manual Transmissions
« on: November 04, 2008, 06:36:31 AM »
Not so ammusing however when you have a flat battery and an air leak :(

I do miss that truck though... was brilliant when it was working properly...

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Auto vs Manual Transmissions
« on: October 31, 2008, 11:45:23 AM »
Stall recovery is not about the engine stalling due to the load induced by the hill its-self. Its about getting yourself secured in position and preparing from there.

You still have to give an auto some revs to get it moving (while risks breaking traction) or it will roll back

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Auto vs Manual Transmissions
« on: October 30, 2008, 10:31:59 PM »
I disagree Pixie.

Autos run on down hills, are unable to do stall recovery, will 'hunt for gears and do other innappropriate gear changes. After all one of the fundamental rules is to select the appropriate gear before tackling any obsticles

Manuals in 4x4 situations are much better.

Whilst I would like to say manual for urban built in environments as well, I cant disagree with the benifits of auto for this application.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Tricks of the trade
« on: October 30, 2008, 12:06:08 PM »
Dont stray to far from topic, this could be a useful tool for the newbies...

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Country Fire Service / Re: Alerts
« on: October 27, 2008, 04:30:15 PM »
It comes down to that with so many things really jaff.....

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Country Fire Service / Re: Alerts
« on: October 26, 2008, 11:19:09 PM »
We have had mixed success. Its all dependant on the call takers assessing their environment before answering the call. With discipline it works well, with stupidity its as good as useless.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: Tricks of the trade
« on: October 07, 2008, 10:36:35 AM »
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thankful that i found my smelly last pair of socks on the back of 34 from the gumeracha fire while en-route lol

Remember to wash said socks every now and then to avoid 'gassing' everyone else on the appliance....

Always carry a bandana or triangular bandage. Handy for so many reasons.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: firefighter fitness
« on: October 07, 2008, 07:31:52 AM »
Thats the one Alan.  :-D

As i said, just roll it into the burnover training nights.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Wajax and Stortz
« on: October 06, 2008, 07:19:24 PM »
limiting is their description....

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The AFAC study from a year or two ago suggested 38mm and under to be 'Wajax' and anything above to be 'Storz'.

No dramas

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SA Firefighter General / Re: firefighter fitness
« on: October 06, 2008, 07:15:47 PM »
10Kg - 3.2Km
20Kg - 4.5Km (45min??)

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Wajax and Stortz
« on: October 06, 2008, 06:57:08 PM »
The internal bore of the 25mm stortz wasnt 25mm, that was the limiting factor.

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SA Firefighter General / Re: firefighter fitness
« on: October 06, 2008, 06:03:27 PM »
Pretty much, not sure of the exact details off the top of my head.

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All Equipment discussion / Re: Wajax and Stortz
« on: October 06, 2008, 05:56:13 PM »
Ill have to re read the study CFS did. I thought they were going to Stortz for everything except 25.
Oh well.
There is a tray with a full set of adapters (not sure what exactly - but the other crew that had a look asure me its enough)

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Emergency Vehicles / Re: SACFS EX Teatree gully RFW
« on: October 06, 2008, 05:43:11 PM »
Remember the diflock being stuck at the first royal show display. made a wonderful mess of the oval...

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Country Fire Service / Re: Grass fires from the crew deck
« on: October 06, 2008, 05:36:49 PM »
dont forget the BA set - leave the mask in the truck ;) :roll:

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SA Firefighter General / Re: firefighter fitness
« on: October 06, 2008, 05:34:57 PM »
Maybe Bill, but the pack hike doesnt take weight into account.
We should start somewhere? Dare i mention the word professional/personal development?

KI was for a whole different batch of reason i suspect. After all there has never really been much success with crew welfare over there (they do try, just never quite get there). then we can go on to mention trashed appliances etc.

Anyway, thats another topic that im sure will arise again this year...

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