Thread: Vol Fire crew, who is one?

Originally Posted by systolic

How about the fireman from Ngaruawahia who was setting bombs in public toilets in Hamilton?

Bradley David Taylor jailed after planting hoax bombs around Hamilton - National - NZ Herald News

Are all volunteer firemen weird?

You can fuck right off.
Some us just do it for the joy of helping people, nothing more.
We ask no thanks.
Its often when your busy or have something on.

Wish the fuck I had never made that comment in my story about Ash Wednesday. My apologies.

Originally Posted by swellacott

Fire guts former psychiatric hospital in south Auckland | Newshub

Got called out to this in the early hours of the morning. Surround and drown pretty much.
Lots of 100 gallon drums around the place with 'flammable' liquids on them. Turned out to be Asylum Paintball.

Also, very interesting to see what the 3rd alarm response is like compared to a 5th alarm further down the line... We have a whole heap more resources at our expenditure up here.

Saw 387, 381 and 3811 turned out and wondered if you were on then thought about what I was doing at 4.09am - deep sleep

No offence taken
No denial some whack jobs make it through the system as they do in any organisation however are not a reflection on the 9500 vollies who are there for all the right reasons

The vollies have my respect as well. They're the ones who'll save my arse when I've done something wrong, be it a match or vehicle. Or even medical event as I found out the other day from a work mate. Big ups to you all

Originally Posted by Mauser308

That dude systolic is the one not wired right, he's come in to a heap of threads on this forum and done just that - stir shit. In a word, Troll.

I wasn't the one who brought up volunteer firemen starting their own fires. They're the ones not wired right.

Or the ones in Russell too drunk to even put a ladder up the right way during an audit.

Originally Posted by sako75

There was one up our way in the mid 90s when I joined. Kept us busy and I learned the trade thanks to him. They got him and he did time in Paremoremo. He fessed up on a few fires and they let some go including when he was in the SI on a IFBA Conference
He got caught by chance on camera light a fire on Piha Road

Keith Raymond...Laingholm VFB. Really let the brigade down


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Originally Posted by sako75

Saw 387, 381 and 3811 turned out and wondered if you were on then thought about what I was doing at 4.09am - deep sleep

Haha, yup we were the 2nd alarm turnout. I was driver for 381.

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Hi Zimmer, yep, just a few degrees of separation. At that stage I lived near Gisborne, not far from Macedon, just off the Calder Highway. I don't think Ash Wedneday was deliberate. It was more a case of the Woodend Shire Council not cutting trees back from power lines. They later tried to put a levy on the rates to pay damages and insurance excesses. More bureaucratic arse-covering, and denial. I think kids lit a couple of the fires in S.A. at the same time, though. Later, when we moved up near Maldon, a lot of the smaller fires and grass fires we had to deal with were started by lifestylers burning their clippings and other litter. But yes, it can't be denied that there are sickoes who are attracted to fire services. Definitely badly-wired somehow.

Originally Posted by swellacott

Haha, yup we were the 2nd alarm turnout. I was driver for 381.

Waiuku Brigade had 2 alarm callouts overnight. Poor buggerr must've had a hectic night. I hear the siren, but just go back to sleep these days, don't leap out of bed wondering how bad this one will be any more.
One of the few advantages of old age and decrepitude.

i hadn't seen it so just googled it. Looks alrite, serves a purpose.

Is it just me or does there seem to be soo much conspiracy theory type talk out there these days? Seems to be a bunch of people that can only see negative far fetched bollocks in everything.

The last day of the NZ Fire Service and Nationl Rural Fire Authority as we know them
Tomorrow is the new Fire Emergency New Zealand

Doing Fire audits today before the bid merger.

Good luck everyone. Haha.

Que catch cry of FENZ meetings, business as usual