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Unfortunately whilst what you say sounds like a good idea, there isnt much scope legally for it until the relevant acts are amended. Bush Fire Brigade officers and members do not have any powers in a FRS area unless they are acting under the instruction of an FRS officer (and yes, it works the other...

They would've only been using ch 16 because 23 was in use at a fire in Yanchep National Park.

Not sure what you mean by chan 67 - perhaps you have an old frequency list ? Chan 67 is a CALM channel which shares frequency with CALM channel 17.

In part, this is what the Bush Fire Ready Action Group program is all about.. theres some info on the FESA site somewhere. Members of the local brigades become 'facilitators' to the groups, which are run by residents through a street co-ordinator. I know Darlington and Bedfordale have quite big prog...

These lollies are aimed at crap heads that play-up and I don't see why they need to be offered bribes to behave. It's a first for the police when dealing with criminals....I think the corporate world has crept into a police force that is supposed to act independent without prejudice. Now the police...

Corporate sponsorship of community programmes or similar is nothing new. Look at Neighborhood Watch, Crimestoppers and Constable Care.. both have large amounts of visible corporate sponsorship. RAC Rescue 1 Helicopter - gee, I wonder if that is sponsored! Duracell sponsors the smoke alarm battery ca...

According to the news, the Minties were donated by Coles. Great PR exercise, really - small token for those that are doing the right thing. Theres always lots on about telling off those that misbehave - rewarding those that are doing the right thing, regardless of how small the reward might be, is a...

Transperth is all of the public transport services (bus, ferry, train). New MetroRail is the name of the metro rail service only. Got changed from Transperth Trains I believe.

I give up. Waste of time even trying.

Ok, u tell the me site and i will, i hope it says were this gazzetted area is too What makes you think FESA SOP's are published freely on a website? Ask one of your Brigade Officers if they have them. As for the term 'gazetted fire district', if you havent heard of it before then I think that says ...

*shakes head* READ THE SOP. It's pretty damn straightforward! The callsign you or the Comcen use (6AR or 6IP) does not mean a great deal UNTIL the network is split. And when it IS split, it doesnt matter which colour your truck is - you use 6AR and those channels when the fire is in gazetted fire di...

From a fellow volunteer F&RS member ( a Captain): Career and Volunteer F&RS brigades use 6AR, VBFS use 6IP. .. sorta. The general rule as given in SOP 8 is: - Appliances from the brigade are to mobilise on the assigned channel below: -- Inside the gazetted Metro Fire District - 6AR -- Outsi...

vk6hgr wrote:

Glen wrote:Hi All

Rescue 65 has just gone over head Glen Forrest heading North East
12:03
Reagrds Glen

I heard them on 6AR saying they were going to an incident Northam way.

Motorcycle accident in Toodyay.

Um, we don't hear that on our radio's - you only hear that on the scanners... and the VSU's are only supplied to career stations.. so there's nothing we can do about that :) You might not hear it on your radio, but it interferes with voice communications and often goes straight over the top of peop...

Walks wrote:Aboriginal
Police
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APLO

Walks.

Apparently they're looking at training a good portion of them up to be full officers. Sounds like a damn good idea.

You'll never hear chatter on 6ar as you'd get a right bollocking for anything other than 'proper' radio communications.. it gets quite busy and you've got to be snap sharp otherwise you're hogging the station.. and there's always something more important happening.. As has been said previously, com...