2007 Archive
Post date: 29-Jan-2010 05:36:07
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007
Department officals have released for comment amendments to the regions Alarm system.
· Upon a 3RD alarm MAFD will be notified of the incident and any further escalation will result in mutual aid for station coverage or incident assignment.
· A 3rd alarm will only receive a 1 rescue.
POSTED BY AARON AT 4:06 PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 07, 2007
A wrecking yard fire on the Southside saw a “make pumps 6 aerials 2” incident around 0630. Units had multiple ground and aerial monitors in action before being able to get in and tackle the fire with handlines. Police arson squad are investigating the cause. Police warned residents to stay indoors, fearing toxic smoke. Tests by the scientific unit confirmed that the smoke was non toxic. The site used a wrecking yard, was filled with old cars, some stacked up to 5 high. The fire was deep seated and the use of the brigade mechanical loader was used to move cars around. Crews were able to leave the scene at 1030.
In attendance:
Pumps: 1, 8, 5, , T1, T7, T10 Aerials: AP3, AP7
Specials: Rescue 3, Hazmat 71, Transporters with BA, fire duty & mechanical loader pods, Science 1. Fire control unit.
Further info available from the media office
P.Stud Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 5:06 PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2007
In true style, a crew of firefighters rescued a car from a tree, in the inner suburbs. One firefighter was caught saying "we have to rescue him...its so cute". The ladder was quciky setup, and the cat loving firefighter qucikly brought down the cat, who received pats from all the firies and children who watched the show.....WELL DONE BOYS.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 2:28 PM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2007
Incident: Grass fire threatens houses
Early this afternoon lightening from a dry thunderstorm ignited grassland adjacent to property in Robina. 5 tankers, 5 pumpers & a field control unit were dispatched from across the city to protect 14 structures including a mature age home, and control & extingush the fire. After 3 hours 5ha of grass & scrub were blackened. Todays fire highlights how dry the country is at the moment. Unfortunately no rain, fell on the city.
Fire officals noted that this is the reason the volunteer service has been created, but it is a shame that they couldn't be used as their training hasn't been completed yet. A second group of volunteers will begin their training this weekend.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 4:49 PM
Kyola Fire & Rescue today answered a call for help from New Brickton. To enable New Brickton to continue coverage of its area whilst dealing with a large fire incident, KFRS along with several other departments send crews to various NBFD stations. Pumper 6 & Ladder 6 responded to the call. They were on standby at NBFD station 7.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 4:26 PM
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007
Following the announcement on the 11th January, re increased staff changes, the service has decided to remove all the ultralight appliances from urban stations. But rather than removing these units from service thus not requiring the extra staff, urban tankers will be placed at these stations providing a second unit to the station. Assistant Commissioner for fleet services A.Brown said "the logic is that an urban tanker can fight a structure fire, where are ultralight cannot", he continued "this is part of a great fleet change that will see a streamlined service for the people of the Kyola region".
The ultralight tankers will be given a full service and new coat of paint for the newly established Bushfire Service.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 12:02 PM
Firefighters from Hollywell and Helensvale were called to a house fire in Hollywell at 1:38pm Monday. On arrival crews found a 4m x 8m fibro granny flat well alight. The fire was extinguished at 2:25pm. There were no injuries.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 11:15 AM
So far there has been a fantastic response from the community and a total of 10 brigades will be established.
Fire Stations
5 stations will be built with the other 5 co-located at urban stations (11, 31, 32, 33, 34). The stations to be built shall be completed over the next 6 months, until then they will be located at their nearest urban station. Bushfire stations will be numbered 80 to 89.
Vehicles
Every brigade will receive an ultra-light tanker and a rural tanker (crew cab). The following year a second ultra-light and maybe a second tanker (single or crew cab) and will be added fleet. Vehicle callsigns will be “appliance-station-number”. ie “Tanker 81 alpha”, or “ultralight 82 bravo”
Training
Training courses should start next month, and minimum level will be Bush Frefighter (BF) course. Additional courses will be added in the future.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 10:55 AM
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007
Incident: Tanker Crash on Highway
Firefighters were called to the scene of an accident between a semitrailer & two cars on the Lego Highway near Smithfield shortly before 6:00 am Wednesday. The tanker was carrying 30,000L of diesel fuel. On arrival crews found two drivers trapped and the tanker leaking. It took several hours for firefighters to free the trapped drivers, and contain the fuel. The drivers were transported to hospital by Ambulance. The KFRS and private contractors cleaned up the spill. The area was rendered safe and the road opened at around 2:00 am the following morning.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 11:02 AM
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007
Last night crews turned out to a small fire under a house in the suburb of Redland. Crews from Redland & Burleigh were on scene quickly & extinguished the fire, containing it to a laundry. Cause is unknown at this stage, but believed to be electrical.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 2:30 PM
One of Kyola area ladders was today removed from service following the finding of a major crack in the aerial unit. As a precaution the other ladder unit has also been withdrawn from service and is now the regional spare. To compensate for this the service will keep one of the older aerial pumpers slated for reserve status to be kept on bringing the total number of aerial pumpers to three plus 1 spare.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 1:14 PM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007
More firefighter to frontline stations
After working closely with the firefighters union, the service has agreed to permanently staff urban tankers and ultra light tankers in permanent stations. Previously these units were staffed by other firefighters at that station. In some cases the appliances couldn’t be used because staff were at another incident.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 2:26 PM
As part of the Federal Govt’s emergency grants, KFRS will be receiving 3 new Heavy Rescue Tenders on Scania 4x2 chassis. These will replace the two existing rescue tenders that will now be reconfigured. One of the existing units will be a Hazardous Materials Response Unit (HMRU), while the other will be a Urban Search & Rescue Technical Response Unit (USAR-TRU). The new units will be located at strategic stations across the city.
P.Stud – Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 2:20 PM
Following large fires in other regional areas of similar terrain and vegetation, the city will develop a volunteer bushfire service. It will be manned on the front line by volunteers and supported by the current staff within the Kyola Fire & Rescue Service. Up to 10 stations will be established throughout the city and will be called on to work with the urban crews, to prevent, contain and extinguish bush & wildfires. Interested minifigs are invited to attend their nearest fire station any Saturday morning for an information pack.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 1:07 PM
New Fire Station for Tamborine
The community of Tamborine is happy, very happy. Today city officials announced the lasted addition to the fire service, a new fire station. The station will be of similar design to the local area, and will be manned when required by auxiliary firefighters. The two bay station will house a pumper and a tanker to serve the community in the time of need.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 1:01 PM
At around 2:30am Tuesday, Helensvale, Woodridge, Hollywell & City station crews responded to reports of a fire in a takeaway shop in Smithville. On arrival crews found one shop well alight and four nearby shops under threat from fire. By 3:00am firefighters had contained the fire. Crews performed salvage operations for a number of hours. Police also attended.
P.Stud - Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 12:57 PM
After a long evaluation period, KFRS will convert its callsigns to a simpler system. This was due to confusion throughout the ranks, neighbouring brigades, and fleet management.
The new system will identify the appliance type then it station number. Eg. 702A will be “Pumper 2”.
Where the are multiple appliance of the same type Alfa, Bravo, Charlie will be added the end of the callsign. Eg the second pump from station 5 will be “Pumper 5b” or Transporter 50a.
The website and fleetlists will reflect this once all vehicles have been changed over.
P.Stud
Media Officer
