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yeah yeah I understand the principle and it's your website so you can do what you like, I just wish you could have Australianised the filter first.

as far as food in the hills you can't go past 2 places [...] and the crafers chicken shop (good food AND you get a discount if you prove you're in the CFS!

it seems to have closed down, was shut with a sign on the door last friday when I went there anywhere!

PS why the hell is "h-e-1-1" a banned word? are we all assumed to be yanks with their weird ideas of "bad" words?

yeah, its to do with weight, not tech.

(hopefully you guys aren't drivers)
You should take the advice given to "PF" to read the COSO/SOP.  Hint: both weight of the vehicle and whether it has ABS are factors, so a 24/34 type appliance with no ABS is limited to 20km/hr over the limit.

Quote from: strikeathird on March 03, 2006, 10:39:46 AM

I was under the impression, that if STATE and more so REGION is at code red, that group bases are meant to be manned for the taking of alerts..


Any one that can elaborate ?

That's great if you actually have people that can man/woman the station during the day. Not sure about the COSO's and SOP's, appears the link on the CFS website is broken. Will have to check at station.

if you find out somewhere where it says that, can you let me know please?

Code red is level of prepardness.. eg...  How many staff are in the SOCC centre, *group bases being manned * all that kind of stuff.. MEans the conditions are bad..

from where do you get that group bases are to be manned?
(not saying you're wrong, would just like to read the SOP/COSO that says that)

oh ok. and are all brigades gonna be getting this or is it only in some regions/ groups? i'm in lofty group and for a group in a fair dangerous area we always seem to be one of the last groups to get anything. Dunno why but we probably won't see it for a loooooooong time yet.

it will be coming (in Lofty group at Aldgate, Stirling and Bridgewater) in the not too distant future, this year sometime.

Lofty group people actually did most of the development of this new GPRS-based system, handed it to HQ where it stalled for a while then HQ started a "trial" of it which didn't include Lofty group.  There is various political crap going on.

There is a whole GRN training package - radios (base, mobile and portable) and also pager!

Try the Brigade TO if no luck the Group TO or Group GRN instructors failing that the Region should have the resources.

As for comms training - listening to the radio chatter it sounds like radio procedures and protocols are required at all levels.

Out.

you talking about the GRN course?  the one everyone is supposed to do before using a radio?

cos I've done that and while interesting is not what I'm after.  Am after training on how to be a base/station radio operator.  They can go do the GRN course for sure but that would be another adjunct to the training.

if you're talking about another course to that one, got any more details?

tried to attach the scans but without success so here they are as links:
http://www.sacfs.org/courier1.jpg
http://www.sacfs.org/courier2.jpg

That pretty much sums up the the article, but Rod gives a few examples including
*Having to rent the command cars from state fleet, which makes them more expensive, and they're not replaced as often (I think they used to replace the command cars every 2 years, and the cost was the depreciation of the cars, about $2,500. Now they are rented, they group pays ~$7000 a year (Anyone correct me if I'm wrong))
*Having a milage limit on command cars
*brigades having to buy goods like stationary and computers from government chosen organizations rather than supporting local businesses
*Having to wear different types of PPE to different jobs (eg. Having to take both Nomex and PBI Gold to a grassfire)

He also said volunteers should have more input before decisions are made for us.

The minister for Emergency services Carmen Zollo Said she had spoken with our CEO and everything was cool.

I believe the changeover was quite a bit less than $2500 (every 2-3 yrs) and now it's quite a bit more than $7000 per year but don't know the exact figures.

The Courier article continued on a fair bit more than that, but only what was on the front page is on their website.  I will attempt to scan the rest and post it as the quote at the end attributed to the minister is quite interesting.  I read it to mean groups can still buy locally and are not forced to use govt suppliers.

Quote from: P F on February 12, 2006, 01:43:06 PM

The chimney thing might have been a chimney fire, people dont have fires going in the middle of summer.

but how would the chimney fire have started if the fire place wasnt lit.... but yeh they do around that area... friken cold some times even in summer.

much as I hate to inject some facts into all the speculation...

one reason for having a fire in summer is some people have a
range to provide hot water.

But in this case it is a heritage listed, vacant, locked up
cottage (technically owned by SA Water).  The interior could
have been on fire and the chimney the only place for the smoke
to escape.  Local residents rang the local captain who rang MFS
and requested the turnout.