Mans just doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire service. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters during COVID and they do what they can to help. Sometimes policy is better kept where is was made… in Wellington.
A beautiful part of NZ there. Not a fan of west coast weather though. Surprised they're still using such old Fire trucks. That one at the end is a 1988 model, so a 35-year-old unit. QFES has donated newer trucks to Papua New Guinea!
Man’s doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire crew. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters and they do what they can to help people out. Sometimes policy is better kept where it was made…. In Wellington
In germany we have a first responder system to provide volunteer medics and firefighters with vehicles (with lights and siren) to have at home or at the station, to respond to calls if there is no ambulance nearby, to reduce the time the patient is without medical attention. This would be of advantage here i guess, you have a safer and more offical ways to get to calls th-cam.com/video/Z9TfcEhlb_I/w-d-xo.html use the automatic translate to english, this explains very well about the system in my opinion
Not sure about FENZ, but if you're crew of 1, here in Queensland you have to proceed under normal road conditions, so it's possible he took the resus gear so he could proceed in his personal vehicle under somewhat illegal conditions prior to other members arriving to crew the appliance
He may not be licensed to drive the appliance, therefore responding in his personal vehicle. He must follow all road rules (IE he can't speed etc) but it allows a response, rather than sending the next closest appliance (Fox or Whataroa in this case, which are volunteer stations so the siren has to go up and the appliance may or may not be able to proceed if there's no drivers available)
the guy being in what looks to be a pump(meaning it will do fires only and act as man power for MVC) there is no use in taking the truck. Another thing as well, if he has a group chat with others in his unit he might be the only person responding, and typicily a pump needs around 4 people one of them being an officer and driver in order to respond, so he might be the only one responding, based off the helmet he is only a FF so a firefighter, he might have only done his training 2 years ago depending. Only reason the grabbed the red bag is because that's the first aid kit on trucks. and you also need your turn outs.
With over 27,000 fire departments in the world, you are asking a very broad question. What isn't allowed for you doesn't mean its not allowed for someone else
Carjam says you have done 61,000Km = 1,700 per year. That said, you really deserve a later appliance. There are a LOT of smaller Station is your boat, all of you deserve newer appliances. Maybe, if FENZ didn't spend it all on rebranding, uniforms, MAN, etc, it might have happened -- let's hope for better in the future. Retired Fire Police/OSU QFF here, who loves The Coast - but lives too far from it.
@@amazonbox5551 It's a 35-year-old truck owned by a national government. They've had since 2017 to refleet all the older, Rural Fire District units. Queensland Fire have donated newer trucks to Papua New Guinea!
@@amazonbox5551 mate try $800-900k Australian. If you can get a brand new fire truck for $100k you're dreaming. Fire trucks have a life of 20-25 years. Other than that pointless keeping trucks any longer as they're out of date.
This appliance is due for replacement soon with a 1997 `hand me down` from further up the coast. Not the busiest station so lower priority for replacement.
We are all volunteers. town only has 400ish permit residents, and only 5 of us volunteer, and sometimes we are not all around. this time, I was 2 minutes from the station when the alarm when so was quicker for me to just grab the mec kit and stuff to block the road and go befor other turn up. That we if help was needed it was there asap. And the cop had just sent the stand down message as I got there, so the truck was not needed. We are working on getting a first response ute so we can just take that to this sort of stuff.
@@michaeltunnicliff4896 Keep at it mate, don't let them knock you down....particularly a retired pro. Sounds like a serious recruitment program in town but perhaps an ageing population base. You might have an old Acco but its better than no truck at all, keep up the training and skills maintenance and hope you pick up some additional crew.
Man’s doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire crew. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters and they do what they can to help people out. Sometimes policy is better kept where it was made…. In Wellington
Kudos to your Son for being a volunteer. I am a retired FF/medic (USA).
im a retired firefighter of 11 years so good to see some other stations go to an emergency
Awesome stuff! I’m a volunteer firefighter in Western Australia! Great to see the kiwis working well
I am with Volunteer Marine rescue W.A. I wonder if NZ has a vollie MR.
@@imightbehum4n414They certainly do. It’s NZ Coast Guard.
Thank you for your service to your community
Must be 1 of the last acco internationals in service
That truck needs an upgrade, the internationals are good but out dated.
We don’t have enough funding for new ones. some of the volunteer firefighter stations are shutting down because of no funding and no new gear
Actually they are better than some of the more modern ones they have nowadays
Mans just doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire service. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters during COVID and they do what they can to help. Sometimes policy is better kept where is was made… in Wellington.
A beautiful part of NZ there. Not a fan of west coast weather though. Surprised they're still using such old Fire trucks. That one at the end is a 1988 model, so a 35-year-old unit. QFES has donated newer trucks to Papua New Guinea!
we are trying to a new one and a new station
Nice to see how fas you are working to get to the fire
Man’s doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire crew. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters and they do what they can to help people out. Sometimes policy is better kept where it was made…. In Wellington
In germany we have a first responder system to provide volunteer medics and firefighters with vehicles (with lights and siren) to have at home or at the station, to respond to calls if there is no ambulance nearby, to reduce the time the patient is without medical attention. This would be of advantage here i guess, you have a safer and more offical ways to get to calls
th-cam.com/video/Z9TfcEhlb_I/w-d-xo.html
use the automatic translate to english, this explains very well about the system in my opinion
Ye but thats not in all of germany, there are actually quite few areas that have a First Responder System in place
this is a remote part of new zealand, more populated areas have this system too
What sort of SOPs are you following by responding solo in a private vehicle?
Not sure about FENZ, but if you're crew of 1, here in Queensland you have to proceed under normal road conditions, so it's possible he took the resus gear so he could proceed in his personal vehicle under somewhat illegal conditions prior to other members arriving to crew the appliance
He may not be licensed to drive the appliance, therefore responding in his personal vehicle. He must follow all road rules (IE he can't speed etc) but it allows a response, rather than sending the next closest appliance (Fox or Whataroa in this case, which are volunteer stations so the siren has to go up and the appliance may or may not be able to proceed if there's no drivers available)
the guy being in what looks to be a pump(meaning it will do fires only and act as man power for MVC) there is no use in taking the truck. Another thing as well, if he has a group chat with others in his unit he might be the only person responding, and typicily a pump needs around 4 people one of them being an officer and driver in order to respond, so he might be the only one responding, based off the helmet he is only a FF so a firefighter, he might have only done his training 2 years ago depending. Only reason the grabbed the red bag is because that's the first aid kit on trucks. and you also need your turn outs.
With over 27,000 fire departments in the world, you are asking a very broad question. What isn't allowed for you doesn't mean its not allowed for someone else
@@04Junior They're asking the reasons behind it with this department. I thought it was pretty clear.
I wonder why the whole crew should respond with their truck instead taking their vehicles over to an emergency
There was only my son available no one else was able to respond, he isn’t allowed to take the fire truck on his own
why did you not take the truck for the cherries and berries?
I was the only one around and was faster to take my ute before others got there as I was 2 min from the station when the alarm went off
Why would he not turn out in the truck
Carjam says you have done 61,000Km = 1,700 per year. That said, you really deserve a later appliance.
There are a LOT of smaller Station is your boat, all of you deserve newer appliances.
Maybe, if FENZ didn't spend it all on rebranding, uniforms, MAN, etc, it might have happened -- let's hope for better in the future.
Retired Fire Police/OSU QFF here, who loves The Coast - but lives too far from it.
What fire station is this?
It is Franz Josef fire station
A dae and a medical backpack. Forgot oxygen
Oxygen in the red backpack
Wow your son's station really needs a new truck that's old as.
Dont fix what isnt broken, also what if they cant afford a new one? Some cost 100k with the bare minimum on it.
@@amazonbox5551 It's a 35-year-old truck owned by a national government. They've had since 2017 to refleet all the older, Rural Fire District units. Queensland Fire have donated newer trucks to Papua New Guinea!
@@amazonbox5551 mate try $800-900k Australian. If you can get a brand new fire truck for $100k you're dreaming. Fire trucks have a life of 20-25 years. Other than that pointless keeping trucks any longer as they're out of date.
This appliance is due for replacement soon with a 1997 `hand me down` from further up the coast. Not the busiest station so lower priority for replacement.
Franz Joseph get something like 25 calls a year
Can’t man the station,? why have you got a fire engine when you dont take it to a call??
Can’t take it out with just one person, no one else was available
@@lazy-car-dealer what happened to standards of cover and a service that we pay for through our insurance levys.?
Retired professsional firefighter.
We are all volunteers. town only has 400ish permit residents, and only 5 of us volunteer, and sometimes we are not all around. this time, I was 2 minutes from the station when the alarm when so was quicker for me to just grab the mec kit and stuff to block the road and go befor other turn up. That we if help was needed it was there asap. And the cop had just sent the stand down message as I got there, so the truck was not needed. We are working on getting a first response ute so we can just take that to this sort of stuff.
@@michaeltunnicliff4896
Keep at it mate, don't let them knock you down....particularly a retired pro. Sounds like a serious recruitment program in town but perhaps an ageing population base. You might have an old Acco but its better than no truck at all, keep up the training and skills maintenance and hope you pick up some additional crew.
you shouldnt be publishing the victums plates, blur them
Man’s doing his best for the community under what is obviously a depleted fire crew. Franz lost nearly all of its firefighters and they do what they can to help people out. Sometimes policy is better kept where it was made…. In Wellington