Erica Fires ..... Thanks

Been there done that, sat at stations over night waiting for a task with a fresh crew, only to get told to stand down, get back to station and be told to round up another crew to go back..

or interstate teams getting tasks, while locals sit on their chinas all day...

Would'nt they need to keep something in reserve just in case of a new outbreak? I'm not pretending to know anything about it Royce just asking a question.

Regards

Setting tasks for crews is a hard issue sometimes, and yes, you do need some in reserve.

But there are points where you realise that you dont need 12 crews sittin round at assembly points when they could be resting at home, or somewhere comfortable. Fair enough time is sometimes an issue with gettin crews back out there into the field, but its one of them things.

The thing that gets to people, some crews get all the work/tasks, while others get to sit with their finger wedges to the elbow doing nothing for hours.

Fair enough you have varying levels of experience in crews, which can hamper efforts too, from new members just done their training, to people with years experience, that know nothing (We had numerous of them in our station!), to people you would honestly trust with your life.

But if there was a large front out there, deploying the crews to do something active can be a better thing to do, even if its just mopping up.

Remember, trucks driving past houses causes alarm quite often, which can be a bad thing.

Thanks Truckie. I appreciate the info and the jobs you guys do.

My Dad did 15yrs in local RFS, I did 13 yrs...

It got to a point, where since I became involved in State Training other brigades up to and including Crew Leader, I knew more than those above me in my station
LOL!
They didnt like that... Did all they could to make life hard, so I left. could be the fact I made them look stupid on many occasions due to their refusal to do any uptodate training. "I did that training 15 years ago, you cant teach me anything".. Then ask them the most basic questions, like

How much water the truck held, or what pump it had - usually shut them up instantly!

You don't stop learning till you're dead. Curiously though, some keep walking around :)))

If it's true, pity they did'nt land the chopper on the bastard.

I'm a non violent person ...but this time I have to agree with Gramps. I become angry and irrational when thinking of some Y*%$^$*& trying to burn everything and everyone.

Sorry guys, but I just get so frustrated with a system that treats 'sickos' with kid gloves and allows them to continually put innocent people at risk.

There has to be another way. Damned if I know what it is.

drop them into moving rotor blades of unmanned chopper instead??

Whereabouts are you yota?

mo!