English fire-trucks

Post by **vk6hgr** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:15 pm

Zebedee wrote:Perhaps one day they'll do the same here and promote 112 a little more/better.

112 is promoted for use on mobile phones, as especially on the GSM network, the number is treated with a higher priority than 000. The ACMA have said in the past though that they have no plans to implement 112 on the fixed PSTN.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:05 pm

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:39 pm

Great pics again Tom. Do you know which stations the appliances were from? (for the spreadsheet)

Post by **Zebedee** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:32 pm

vk6hgr wrote:
Zebedee wrote:Perhaps one day they'll do the same here and promote 112 a little more/better.
112 is promoted for use on mobile phones, as especially on the GSM network, the number is treated with a higher priority than 000. The ACMA have said in the past though that they have no plans to implement 112 on the fixed PSTN.

Interestingly, a significant number of GSM mobile phones are programmed to treat 000 and 112 the same. From a document I read a while ago, it's possible under the GSM standard to designate numbers that are local alternatives to 112 and they will be treated to the same priority (e.g. using any available network, carried at a higher priority, etc.) The easy way to tell I think is to see what the handset does with the keypad lock turned on and you dial an emergency number.

From memory, my last Nokia phone would bypass the keypad lock if I dialled 112 and it would do the same with 000. The phone I had before that would only do it for 112.

But with my O2 Xphone that I have now I can use 112, 999 or 911 as emergency numbers, but not 000

Ahhhhh I love standards!

firefly56 · Post by **firefly56** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:57 pm

WPXZBP wrote:Great pics again Tom. Do you know which stations the appliances were from? (for the spreadsheet)

That was a 3rd alarm structure fire in Greenwood. Duncraig was first arriving which is a heavy pump (not shown). The picture shown is a medium pump which would have been from Wangara. Osborne Park pump and lt, Osborne Park S.E.T. and Perth CLP also attended

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:59 pm

Ahhh - that was the one in my old street (which starts with a K). I lived down the road, around the corner and then at the other corner.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:09 pm

Wes/firefly,

Yep correct street Wes.

firefly dude I did graph the duncraig heavy pump that day, I will upload some shots of that also when time permits.

cheers

Tom

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:55 pm

mad pics u must have awesome camera tom aye

as i said before bring on the bushies hehe some real good action shots ther!!!!

keep em comin

chris

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:28 pm

He cant get pictures of our trucks chris... we don't sit on the side of the road all day like the red trucks

*ducks*

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:43 pm

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:58 am

firefly56 · Post by **firefly56** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:11 am

Fastlane wrote:He cant get pictures of our trucks chris... we don't sit on the side of the road all day like the red trucks *ducks*

keep dreaming

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:34 pm

amen fastlane

keep those pics comin

wer a rare species to be seen doin jack at a bush fire hehe

chris

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:02 pm

A West Mids fire truck in Coventry

A 'real' Fire appliance seen at Legoland in Windsor just outside London.

rgds

Tom