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How many volunteer stations have active fire sirens
Well im on a roll as this is my 3rd discussion topic.... While the call out notification for volunteer fire fighters here in Australia is either via pager or mobile phone there is also the traditional method of alert volunteers and members of the public by setting off a air raid siren so everyone is aware that an emergency is occuring
As a kid i grew up hearing the Kalangadoo fire siren go off every summer for a fire call especially during thunderstorms this was back when our brigade had fire phones before upgrading to telecom pagers all the way up to our Current GRN Pagers
When theres a fire call between 0800-1800 hrs Mon-Sun our fire siren is set off manually by the first arriving volunteer after they open up the station and prepare everything but the siren is only set off if other brigade members dont turn up after the 4 minute response time
How many other aussie vollies have a fire siren on their station
As a kid i grew up hearing the Kalangadoo fire siren go off every summer for a fire call especially during thunderstorms this was back when our brigade had fire phones before upgrading to telecom pagers all the way up to our Current GRN Pagers
When theres a fire call between 0800-1800 hrs Mon-Sun our fire siren is set off manually by the first arriving volunteer after they open up the station and prepare everything but the siren is only set off if other brigade members dont turn up after the 4 minute response time
How many other aussie vollies have a fire siren on their station
Tony P
Sep 5, 2009
Tony P
Sep 7, 2009
Mel
Our area office sends out a text message warning of extreme weather conditions and major fires around (Wildfire Alert Levels etc) to ceratin people such as First Officers and Group Officers of stations.
Dec 14, 2009