be carefull behind the wheel

shes not bad i broke the news to her last nite and it was tissue time for her took her round to joys today had a bit of a yak then back home S33t its cold here

Hi ho you missed the call yesterday
i had to roll the troop carrier no driver for the pump mike soph and gav followed about 5 mins later on the pump ohh i think i met fire dianne she was not super happy had to close the club to come to the school then left the keys behind mike was like smash the door in to the kitchen dianne was not amused but at the end of the day a search is only to be done propery or not at all

well thats good should be less hose drills then and more other stuff hopfully
hope she did well on the course
ive asked another guy to explain the ff1 and ff2 so with any luck he will come back to us with that
ill see you tonite and explain in queens english what tony was meaning

yeah training tomorrow properly more hose drills sophs pump course cant be far away
i read tonys comment about the training i think he has a point there appears to be big differences between us and the states i asked one of them on their post to explain it for me hasn't happened thou

To be an instructor? Depends in what field to what level really. I've always been an instructor of some sort or another, in a few fields. As a firefighter, I train only to the medium levels - I'm qualified to train higher, but those higher levels are usually taught by paid staff.

I thought your training may be on that sort of line. It's where some people could get confused. In North America they all seem to go along the FF1 and FF2 line - and FF1 is needed in many places before you do anything. I don't know what is in the FF1, but it does seem to take some time.

We have four levels. Starts with Wildfire, then Wildfire Low Structure, Wildfire Structure and Structure Wildfire. Each Brigade is classified in one of the levels. Hmm, maybe I should post a thread on this topic?

Did you just close off that thread?

G'day Sarah. Be careful talking about training time, very differnt concept in North America and people may get the idea that vols in Kiwiland are pretty well untrained! I'm guessing that yours is more similar to ours? Start vols off with some very basic training and fill more in as time goes by? In some areas here a person can join, do a couple of the subjects and start helping almost straight away - limited help of course.

In my area we've moved along so that new recruits have to obtain what we call Wildfire Minimum before they are issued with their wildfire turnout gear. Usually takes around three months one night a week and about half a day every two weekends.

yea it did i was way up kaahu rd glad i read it b4 i droped the hammer to get back to mango they had taken the siren off line for maintenance and the page was just to advise of that

ohhh reallly what happned did you fall asleep

thanks my dad is the same with me but im always asking him questions after every call that i'm unsure or just to get a refesher. But i'm always wanting to know more so i always ask the guys at my station my question if i can't ask my dad.

Hi Sarah how are things where you are at, I'm new to this site in Nevada USA, I've been in the fire service for 30 years.

youve done well

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righty see you this evening

Sarah, welcome to the FF Nation. I am glad you dropped in to join the group. Dont be shy. There is lots to do, read and be involved with. Your participation and involvement is important to us all. Takes a bit to kinda figure it all out but you will be glad you did. Have fun and look around.

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