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Have a read of this http://www.watoday.com.au/national/cfa- ... ml?page=-1
Sounds very similar to some of the areas on the out skirts of the metro area over here.
Sounds very similar to some of the areas on the out skirts of the metro area over here.
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why bring this up if you dont want to start an argument?realfirie wrote:Have a read of this http://www.watoday.com.au/national/cfa- ... ml?page=-1
Sounds very similar to some of the areas on the out skirts of the metro area over here.
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I'm going to get in first and add my two cents.Smithy wrote:why bring this up if you dont want to start an argument?realfirie wrote:Have a read of this http://www.watoday.com.au/national/cfa- ... ml?page=-1
Sounds very similar to some of the areas on the out skirts of the metro area over here.
Reading between the lines, sounds like some crews had to stay at station or next door to keep coverage "just in case" and weren't happy about it. Understandable but you just can't leave populated urban interface areas with skeleton coverage on extreme fire danger days and hope to get away with it for long.
Over east there were many occassions were we got put on standby or responded to a neighbouring area to cover for them and ended up sitting by while fires burnt. It hurts not to be doing something and is frustrating but what happens if we are all at the fire and something goes down on the other side of town?
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hey it is not as though i wrote it. I thought it was a good read as it highlights major issues that appear to be not only confined to one state but to fire services all over australia. And i would also suggest thier union would not be fighting the issue if it was false..........why bring this up if you dont want to start an argument?
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i didnt mean the article itself. thats all good. just the other bit. just sounded like you wanted to bring up the red truck vs white truck argument. But hey if you know of situations like that then no worries and yes it does need to be addressed with the appropriate people/organisations
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And on the flipside, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 497056.htmrealfirie wrote:Have a read of this http://www.watoday.com.au/national/cfa- ... ml?page=-1
Sounds very similar to some of the areas on the out skirts of the metro area over here.
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I think we all know there would be a big difference between what is the real truth and what the head pen pusher from each department reports as the truth. The only thing they will be doing is trying to cover there arses. Plus i think there union would have better things to do than go into fight for 200 plus firies who must be telling lies if that report were true.
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Let the Royal Commission look into it. We can make more informed comment after they have their say.
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First time I have seen the ICV under firecall conditions.... made an interesting sight..... I think the motorists were like what the.... is that then moved out the wayMug wrote:Downgrade 2nd alarmMBFB wrote:structure fire alan dale square
perth 1st, perth 2nd, perth 3, osborne park set, perth clp, daglish 1st north metro regional director, dm metro and belmont icv turning out
smoke filling up on 3rd level
Perth 1 and 2 remaining, everyone else returned.
Smoke filled 14th floor , confident it is a air conditioning motor.
Not a very fast vechile, definate need of a new rig!
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id b a bit surprised to see a bus behind me with bells and whistles on :P
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Re: Major structure fires (3rd alarm and above) 2008/2009
As it happened, a mate and I were going along St Georges Terrace at the time when all this was happening, the first pumper was already there, the second pumper and light tanker were just arriving...
But we had places to be, so didn't hang around to find out what was going on
But we had places to be, so didn't hang around to find out what was going on
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Was also interesting to see DM Metro flogging it the wrong way down St Georges Terrace against traffic...
ICV got a few weird looks from bystanders and was there for all of 5 minutes before CLP and rest got returned.
Both sides of St Georges Terrace were blocked off for quite some time even after the bulk of the vehicles were returned too.
ICV got a few weird looks from bystanders and was there for all of 5 minutes before CLP and rest got returned.
Both sides of St Georges Terrace were blocked off for quite some time even after the bulk of the vehicles were returned too.
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Pity.... no saying its a good thing could it not happen on a weekday so I could take photo's?