Just remember this is a voluntary service, so this means in your own time for unpaid work, so thank you to all volunteers in every organisation thru out Australia.
RFS have the gear & toys, to be sure, but I have no doubt the active/operational member numbers are massively inflated. There's been bugger all HR burning in Regional areas since 2019 and the fuel loads now are astronomical.
Keep digging! RFS active APP was mentioned. I am a very active member in my local brigade, (I have been driving a Cat 1 appliance since 1996 and have attended a majority of responses within our brigade). I do not have the APP and won't use the APP! The RFS active APP requires me to have my mobile data turned on 24 hours a day etc! I have to pay for that! There are a lot of local people, especially in rural areas who don't attend many calls at all. However! If they are really needed! They are there! The RFS has made a huge change in the last twenty odd years I have been an active member! There is a stupendous amount of bureaucracy that needs to be done away with!
Just remember this is a voluntary service, so this means in your own time for unpaid work, so thank you to all volunteers in every organisation thru out Australia.
Many volunteers walked away after the authority banned unvaccinated from fire grounds .
RFS have the gear & toys, to be sure, but I have no doubt the active/operational member numbers are massively inflated. There's been bugger all HR burning in Regional areas since 2019 and the fuel loads now are astronomical.
Keep digging!
RFS active APP was mentioned. I am a very active member in my local brigade, (I have been driving a Cat 1 appliance since 1996 and have attended a majority of responses within our brigade). I do not have the APP and won't use the APP! The RFS active APP requires me to have my mobile data turned on 24 hours a day etc! I have to pay for that!
There are a lot of local people, especially in rural areas who don't attend many calls at all. However! If they are really needed! They are there!
The RFS has made a huge change in the last twenty odd years I have been an active member! There is a stupendous amount of bureaucracy that needs to be done away with!