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How many here attended the Annual Driver comp @ ruapuna last weekend?
Wasn't a bad weekend, had a blast on the track and I do believe I am still the only one to ever handbrake slide a Type 1 :thumbsup: on purpose :D
May do it again next year, still dont think ill win it, looovveee slaying those cones
We do our stuff thru DriveNZ, mainly 4wd light and heavy on and off road
Talking about driving. Just sat my Class 2 Full, and passed. Now just got to book my ERD..
nice one. i'm doing mine on tuesday, what was involved?Quote:
Originally Posted by swellacott
Pretty much the same as car licence, if you can remember that far back haha..
General driving in urban and semi rural roads for me (Pukekohe).
Had to reverse for about 15 metres.
Just like the car test. Obey all road rules and keep checking your mirrors and don't go above the posted speed limit (at all) and you'll be fine.
sweet thanks.Quote:
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you done a pump course yet?
Yup, did pump course back in April...
Cool, into it. I've got a heap of training coming up. Pump and erd, we are doing the first response medical in four weeks and I've got to book in for a sff course in Vegas to so that's 19 days training I think. Busy next 6 months or so I guess
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When are you looking at doing your SFF? I've had my pre course since April, but been a bit slack...
may be a pm when your around and I'll take you for a fish
With all that other training to do it's last on the list really, be at least six months I guess. Probably next winter :)Quote:
Originally Posted by swellacott
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Thanks for the offer, I'll keep that in mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
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I get a 30% pay rise each time I rank up or upskill...
We have an 80L plastic container full of canned food, vacuum packed stuff etc and medical kit as our survival pack at home but the only procedures I've seen at the station is a tsunami action plan as we are at sea level, 30m from the beach. That really only involves moving the truck to higher ground initially to protect the asset.
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Recently did four days medical training to become medical first responders, enjoy medical calls much more now I know what I'm doing
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Did my 1st 1 day refresher in September as part of the 16hr CCE required each year. We did day 3 again.
there's a lot of refresher hours a? A mate that is an intensive care paramedic comes out to our station once a month for training so we'll use that as ours.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
What station you at? must have been one of the first stations to do it if you've already done one refresher
After a significant event, it is expected that every person/family be self-sufficient for 3-4 day while emergency relief is organised by official organisations.
Kaikoura is a classic example of a community isolated and been self-reliant whist the situation is analysed and appropriate resources dispatched. This takes time
When I was a Civil Defence volunteer we were told that in event of an emergency we would look after ourselves and family first before turning out and that rescue teams from outside the area would come in.
Again Kaikoura is a classic example where in the heat of the moment the fire volunteers ran out the door while the ground was still shaking to help others when their own families were in need.
With the way NZ society is changing there are more and more who have the hand out attitude and would be dependent on help right from the outset.
there's no way I'd leave my family in need to respond to the pager call, once they were comfortable then i'd discuss responding with them.
I read about the vollies rushing to the station when it hit and my first thought was "what about their own homes and families", perhaps they were in a position to do so without a negative impact on their own family/property.
No can do with your mate. It has to be a 1st Responder CCE training. By re-doing 2 days a year (16hrs) you will have cover the requirements every 2 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by smidey
Can't tell you what brigade or it will blow my cover :P
I did my course after our brigade as I was on baby sitting duties to let the wife do it. Some refreshers are day 2 and some are day 3. I found a brigade doing the day 3 refresher early to bring into alignment with our brigade
yeah, he's bringing the course material or what ever the refresher package is.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
What i read was we need to do 8 hours refresher every six months
just done ours
@Gapped axe @sako75
there were some interesting discussions around the useage of the drugs and how we deal with recording of how much and which drugs we use. What did you guys come up with? Also, did you get GTN and chewable asprin as part of the pack? We didn't as it is part of the St Johns lifepack/phillips heart monitor item which we obviously didn't get.
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did you get your defib reconfigured to use the 3 lead?
Before administering any drug by IM or mouth you have to call the clinical desk on the 0800 number stitched on the front of the pack.
There seems to be unlimited supply of expired drugs to practice with. We just get a 50mm crepe bandage and injected in the end then in the rubbish
Only use the 2 lead. Typical with the fire service there are no set rules from the top of the north to the bottom of the south and are made by the Area Manager
yes of course, that's the process. that's not what i was referring to. What I am talking about is once you've used it, what recording is there for usage/stock purposes. Keeping track of usage so if items go "missing" it can be traced. St johns fill out their paperwork and record medicines used and restock for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
our lifepacks can be reprogrammed to show the ECG. They don't print but we can take a video on our phones to show the EMT etc what was going on before administering medicines so they can see what was going on before intervention.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
Did you get GTN & chewable asprin?
Ahh hear what you are saying. There is no control over accountability for restricted drugs. We do a weekly station duty and keep a record of quantity but that is all
it was something that the St John trainer thought about during the course, they keep track but we have no recording at all haha
it'll be interesting to see how it all evolves but I'm happy about the situation of us being first responders. Our brigade has been tipped out to medicals for years so the St John MOU made no difference to what our brigade is sent to but now we have the tools do a meaningful intervention. Great for the community all round.
Just figured out that @BRADS and I were on the same QFF course in august. Seedy bugger he is....
Me and @Tuckerbox owning it.Quote:
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You didn't go to Lava Bar did you.....
Who doesn't? I reckon Swanee must have had shares in it with the endless babble about how we shouldn't go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by swellacott
Cfbt is such cool training
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Haha, last time I went down was for honours for our brigade and Ngongotaha..... didn't make it to town that night......
In other news, passed my ERD course, and doing my consolidation now.
Got my Class 4L for the tanker and will be able to get my full in May this year.
SFF is next course...
Also, I need to fill up my calendar with a few hunts this year. Anyone keen to take me under their wing? :D
SFF isn't allot, like an expansion pack for QFF so won't take you long
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That time of the year again for silly people and matches!
how did everyone fair on Saturday night? We did 12 hours in the truck to a MVA, 2nd alarm house fire and multiple NAT calls....
3 on Sunday morning all chainsaw jobs
Joseph not hunting?
Nothing for us, ground soaked up all the rain we received not that we got much compared to most
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Not so much the rain as the wind. We lost power 9pm Saturday till 5.45am Sunday. The station was out till 5pm Sunday and all backup batteries were dead
We just got a new generator for our station. Does the radio, limited lights, doors and the traffic lights i think. Didn't end up using it, but how ever. The ambo's came to stay with us as their station had lost power from what I heard.. Our pump got relegated to behind the tanker.
Na don't think Jo is hunting. Are you going out this year at all?
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Pushing to get out for the roar this year.
We got all the electrical work for connecting a Genny 2 weeks ago but no leads supplied FFS. Our 12v backup siren is away for repair. Cellphones were down so relied on old fashion pager
