Who here is a fire fighter?

[Hunter SS]

I usually pose this question on most forums i become a part of. I'm always curious to know who are firies...... it's often surprising just how many people on these forums are a member of a brigade.

Who is a firie? paid, unpaid, which agency?

My brigade is based in Scone, called "Kingdon Ponds" of which i am the captain. Part of the NSW Rural Fire Service.
Some of our work is bush and grassland fires... the majority of it is MVA's, which is unfortunate, but being based on the New England Hwy, it's part of the territory.

[vsiicalais]

im not involved with the fire fighters but im an emergency first aider, volunteer (unpaid), i do first aid at public events and when there are tragedies with mass casualities such as the recent bushfires here.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

Fire fighter with CFA victoria mostly grass and scrub fires, MVAs some structure fires MVAs are worst

[weedo_86]

im a Firefighter with the cfa region 14

[andyman]

family has history for being in the brigades, 3 generations, ive applied, had an interview, and now waiting for a position to open, this is paid, and is via NSW FB,

[Hunter SS]

im not involved with the fire fighters but im an emergency first aider, volunteer (unpaid), i do first aid at public events and when there are tragedies with mass casualities such as the recent bushfires here.

St Johns? talked to quite a few of them when i was down in Healesville

Fire fighter with CFA victoria mostly grass and scrub fires, MVAs some structure fires MVAs are worst

Talked to a lot of the CFA guys at Healesville as well. Great bunch of guys

family has history for being in the brigades, 3 generations, ive applied, had an interview, and now waiting for a position to open, this is paid, and is via NSW FB,

We work closely with the NSWFB here in town since both services signed a "Mutual Aid Agreement" so we often get responded to the structural fires here in town, and they get responded to the MVA's out of town.

[vsiicalais]

nah mate, Red Cross. St john have too many rules/regulations and too much heirachy for me. LOL

[Adza75]

Firefighter here in NSW Rural Fire Service, unpaid volunteer.

[Torquative]

yeh ex NSW RFS

Im a section 44 operator or whatever its called (if its even called anything), I keep up to date in case we ever have a Canberra 2002/03 or Victoria 2009 type scenareo here in aus and resources are stretched.

[Hunter SS]

yeh ex NSW RFS

Im a section 44 operator or whatever its called (if its even called anything), I keep up to date in case we ever have a Canberra 2002/03 or Victoria 2009 type scenareo here in aus and resources are stretched.

I.C maybe? OPS Commander? Logistics? there's a few

[holdensupporter2005]

I'm a CFA volunteer from North East Victoria (Region 23), Spent many days fighting the recent fires.

[Hunter SS]

I'm a CFA volunteer from North East Victoria (Region 23), Spent many days fighting the recent fires.

Which staging area did you work out of?

[NORTI]

my kids are cadets here in SA with the CFS

[holdensupporter2005]

Which staging area did you work out of?

Mostly worked out of the Alexandra Staging area, but was also at the Tangambalanga Staging area as well. Before the Black Saturday fires I was down at Gippsland fires at Churchill.

[Hunter SS]

i spent 2 weeks at Healesville. It was a huge set up there.

[ConMan_VP]

Keeping an old thread alive.
I’m a fire fighter in the TFS down here in Tasmania. Grove brigade. Lots of MVA's because of the main hwy going through our area and few vegetation fires here and there in summer.
An old SA CFS member before i moved to tassie. Way better trucks in SA! haha
Cheers

[CSP]

I was with the ACT RFS until the fires in 2002/2003. Was on the truck for over 48hrs with very little rest, flashed over twice and saw shit that actually made me scared for my life (even going to Iraq with the RAAF didn't scare me) for the first time ever... All but 1 of the crew from quit after that. Volunteering to risk your life? No thanks!

[ConMan_VP]

Yeah not a bad point there, fires do get bloody scary at times. But somebodys got to do it aye?

[VLC86]

My dads a chief superintendant of QFRS Just wanted to share that bit of info

[newcastleboy05]

Retained (Part time paid) Firey with the NSW Fire Brigades at 446 Stockton in Newcastle,

Before that was in an RFS brigade for 4 years in the Blue Mountains.