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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:55 pm
by chrissss
last time i went up they had a few more than 2 but im not arguing anymore wat would happen if king park went up theyd be stuffed!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:09 pm
by Fastlane
chrissss wrote:last time i went up they had a few more than 2 but im not arguing anymore wat would happen if king park went up theyd be stuffed!!!
You have Perth 1st and Perth 2nd as far as pumps are concerned. Thats it.
Kings Park board has a few fire appliances and Daglish is just down the road. Besides in Kings Park they arent allowed to leave tracks or cut breaks and any report of a fire triggers a larger initial response than a normal scrub fire on the plains. Fires on the escarpment also trigger a different response (I believe, Helitacs automatically this summer).
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:44 pm
by chrissss
i take it youve never been to a huge bushfire with the frs involved................... there is usually about 5-10 pumps lined up down the road becuase only the light tankers can get in im not takin the piss im just saying
chriso
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:13 pm
by Stu
Spot on fastlane. Fires in Kings Park and on the escapment are zone 2 response - automatic turnout of helitacs and/or fixed wing water bombers
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:15 pm
by Fastlane
chrissss wrote:i take it youve never been to a huge bushfire with the frs involved................... there is usually about 5-10 pumps lined up down the road becuase only the light tankers can get in im not takin the piss im just saying
chriso
Alot more than you, I suspect. Why do you think most career stations have a composite crew of a pump and light tanker, instead of just 4 people in the pump?
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:53 pm
by chrissss
true
but i dont see why they turnout the pump to all bushfires coz if ther was another call to that brigade while they wer at another fire the pump could go instead of turning out another brigade..............which is beside the point and u beat me
wateva dude
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:57 pm
by Fastlane
chrissss wrote:true
but i dont see why they turnout the pump to all bushfires coz if ther was another call to that brigade while they wer at another fire the pump could go instead of turning out another brigade..............which is beside the point and u beat me
wateva dude
Minimum crew for donning BA to enter a building is *4*, with backup on the way. Makes sense, rather than just sending pumps out on their own with 2 ppl onboard? Sending a light tanker with the crew split across the 2 gives them the capability to attend to more incidents than if they were all in a pump (or all in a light tanker).
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:02 pm
by chrissss
agreed but ther are also stations with 4 in the pump and 2 in the LTs
but yer true what you sed
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:05 pm
by Fastlane
chrissss wrote:agreed but ther are also stations with 4 in the pump and 2 in the LTs
but yer true what you sed
Only volunteer stations
