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This thread is predominantly for THIRD ALARM AND ABOVE structure fires. If it's not one of those things then post it in one of the other, more appropriate areas such as the Minor Fires and Other Incidents or General Fire Discussion threads. Minor Fires Thread General Discussion Thread Remember also ...

This thread is predominantly for THIRD ALARM AND ABOVE bush fires however if it is a significant fire (ie threatening homes and businesses) that is at least second alarm then it will be acceptable. If it's not one of those things then post it in one of the other, more appropriate areas such as the M...

Third alarm structure fire in Ballajura.

Buddy4562 wrote:I bought the Uniden EZI30XLT scanner but can't seem to get the right frequency. Any suggestions for yanchep, i have checked the big list as well.

Give 162.6 MHz a try. That's the frequency for the repeater in Two Rocks.

Is there a way to listen to DFES on the radios you can get for your car, if so is it hard to do Short answer is no, you can't. The FM broadcast band goes from 87.5MHz to 108.0MHz. The DFES frequencies are higher than this, up around 164MHz. So your normal car stereo won't tune to those frequencies ...

https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/# Welcome to Emergency WA. We've created this site so you can find emergency information easier than ever before. The site has a map-based display with the best available emergency information from across the State. Here you can find information about fires, floods, ...

Bullsbrook VFES now have a 12.2 bulk water tanker to replace their old 7.2 appliance.

xr8edute wrote:We find the gps feature very handy at mva's and giving the rescue chopper exact coordinates.

Yep that would be quite useful!

Oh, yeah, and I also forgot. Check for an older operational circular. States that the radios co-ordinate display may freeze, and not provide updated co-ordinates. Yep, I'm familiar with that circular. This isn't "freezing" as such this is "just doesn't work at all". We tend not ...

It's been a while since I've logged on, but as far as SES/WAERN radios go, the GPS antennas are plugged in and working. We can also have a co-ordinate readout displayed on the vehicle radio's display. I've had mixed success with the GPS functionality in WAERN radios. It's a bit of a lottery as to w...

That may be a limiting factor, yes

Take a look at the vk6.net website, there's all kinds of info on there.

Perhaps start with the repeater listing and put some of those in. Depending on the repeater and the time of day you could hear some stuff on any that are close-ish to you.

Third alarm scrub fire in Forrestdale / Piara Waters. Nicholson Road x Armadale Road. Multiple BFB stations responding.

roland985 wrote:Do you happen to know of any online resources, however?

Most of the online resources are designed for the US licencing system and syllabus.

However the Radio and Electronics School in Queensland have a multimedia course (comes on CDs) available.

http://www.res.net.au/

Why not the Ham College manual for the Standard and Advanced licences?