got up in the middle of the night, Made the first truck, yeah. Car on fire by the side of the road, looks like it was stolen and torched.
Helped with high pressure hose, road cones and making car safe.
Packed up and back in bed by 4.30am
Sunday, June 15, 2008
car fire
Car on fire, Tauranga Direct Road, Hamurana, 15th June 2008, 3.25am.
got up in the middle of the night, Made the first truck, yeah. Car on fire by the side of the road, looks like it was stolen and torched.
Helped with high pressure hose, road cones and making car safe.
Packed up and back in bed by 4.30am
got up in the middle of the night, Made the first truck, yeah. Car on fire by the side of the road, looks like it was stolen and torched.
Helped with high pressure hose, road cones and making car safe.
Packed up and back in bed by 4.30am
Saturday, June 14, 2008
motor vehicle accident (MVA)
Hamurana, 11th June 2008, 2.03am.
Car versus fence, my first car accident, quite nervy. turned out to be a single car accident, one female occupant was injured and taken to hospital.
Assisted in putting lady on stretcher, running out hose and moving the car to a safe spot.
Back home by 3.30am.
Car versus fence, my first car accident, quite nervy. turned out to be a single car accident, one female occupant was injured and taken to hospital.
Assisted in putting lady on stretcher, running out hose and moving the car to a safe spot.
Back home by 3.30am.
fire call
Building fire, Rotorua, 9th June 2008, 11.39am.
I was at work when this call came through, but with it being a three truck call, I started to make my way out the door but received a 'stand down' page, so returned to work.
I was at work when this call came through, but with it being a three truck call, I started to make my way out the door but received a 'stand down' page, so returned to work.
Fire call
Scrub fire, 7th June 2008, 12.20pm, Ngongotaha.
At last a big one. Again my duty weekend so I was on the first truck. Nice big scrub fire on some local farm land that had been cleared of shruberies and the ensuing bonfire got blown out of control setting fire to the hillside. I assisted in setting up the forestry packs and water supply.
Then one of my watch, Brian, called for assistance, and I promptly spent the next two hours on the end of the branch (nozzle) fighting the fire.
Once all the fire was out, we packed up and returned to station to restock the trucks, clean all the gear and then go home.
Returned home 5 hours after leaving.
It was bloody good fun, but very hard work.
fire call
chimney fire, ngongotaha, 6th June 2008, 7.16pm,
Made the first truck as it was my duty weekend, appeared to be a cloud of sparks from a chimney, no fire. Neighbour saw the sparks and called the station, nice bloke to have living next to you.
Made the first truck as it was my duty weekend, appeared to be a cloud of sparks from a chimney, no fire. Neighbour saw the sparks and called the station, nice bloke to have living next to you.
fire call
House fire, Tihiotonga, 5th June 2008, 5.36pm.
Again didn't make the truck, so was on station as back up, both trucks were sent back to station as the fire was taken care of before they arrived.
Again didn't make the truck, so was on station as back up, both trucks were sent back to station as the fire was taken care of before they arrived.
fire call - dead body!
Trees on fire, Hamurana Road, Ngongotaha. 5th June 2008, 3.09am.
Didn't get on the truck so stayed at the station as backup. Weird call, when the truck got there, they extinguished the fire and found a dead body on the side of the road. Was a local 61yr old resident, who had tried to fight the fire with a hose pipe and unfortunatly died of a heart attack.
Our sympathies go out to his family and friends.
The fire was just a small bush fire caused by hot embers from a log fire.
Didn't get on the truck so stayed at the station as backup. Weird call, when the truck got there, they extinguished the fire and found a dead body on the side of the road. Was a local 61yr old resident, who had tried to fight the fire with a hose pipe and unfortunatly died of a heart attack.
Our sympathies go out to his family and friends.
The fire was just a small bush fire caused by hot embers from a log fire.
fire call
Next was a call on Friday 30th May 2008, smell of smoke. 6.57pm.
we drove around for just over an hour and found nothing. Was a good ride in the truck though.
Rotorua were attending a fire at a local wood mill, so we were covering for them.
we drove around for just over an hour and found nothing. Was a good ride in the truck though.
Rotorua were attending a fire at a local wood mill, so we were covering for them.
fire call
I attended a fire on 22nd May 2008, at 12.03am.
It was a shed/garage fire, I was on the first truck. I assisted with running out hose, general stuff and then spent time packing all the stuff back into the truck afterwards.
For my first call, it was very exciting, even if I didn't do a lot.
The lady whose shed it was, very kindly donated $200 to the fire service last week, we all appreciate her generosity.
It was a shed/garage fire, I was on the first truck. I assisted with running out hose, general stuff and then spent time packing all the stuff back into the truck afterwards.
For my first call, it was very exciting, even if I didn't do a lot.
The lady whose shed it was, very kindly donated $200 to the fire service last week, we all appreciate her generosity.
some more information
so, like I said, we have two trucks, each has a call sign, 821 and 822, not sure of makes and models or specifications, 822 is being replaced this week with 821 and we are getting a new 821.
8229 is our minibus, which contains some equiptment for fire fighting, it is a 3.0 diesel turbo toyota hiace.
Our address is:
2 Kokiri Street
Ngongotaha
telephone (07) 357 4085
We have 4 duty crews, red, blue, green and brown. I am in blue watch (the best one). Every Friday from 6pm to Monday morning at 7am, there is a duty crew on call.
Sunday mornings is truck checks, a time to check all the equipment on the trucks etc. do some odd jobs around the station and clean the toilets.
We used to have a siren tower to notify us of a call, it got knocked down in a car crash, so we now just rely on a pager.
The date has come through for my training course, 6-12th july, the training consists of four elements, basic skills, first aid, fire ground tactics and the most terrifying, breathing apparatus (BA).
BA traing consists of entering a burning building (training tower) and finding a dead body (dummy) all with fire licking your helmet and an interior temperature of 800 degrees plus or maybe less.
I'll let you know how it all goes in a future post.
8229 is our minibus, which contains some equiptment for fire fighting, it is a 3.0 diesel turbo toyota hiace.
Our address is:
2 Kokiri Street
Ngongotaha
telephone (07) 357 4085
We have 4 duty crews, red, blue, green and brown. I am in blue watch (the best one). Every Friday from 6pm to Monday morning at 7am, there is a duty crew on call.
Sunday mornings is truck checks, a time to check all the equipment on the trucks etc. do some odd jobs around the station and clean the toilets.
We used to have a siren tower to notify us of a call, it got knocked down in a car crash, so we now just rely on a pager.
The date has come through for my training course, 6-12th july, the training consists of four elements, basic skills, first aid, fire ground tactics and the most terrifying, breathing apparatus (BA).
BA traing consists of entering a burning building (training tower) and finding a dead body (dummy) all with fire licking your helmet and an interior temperature of 800 degrees plus or maybe less.
I'll let you know how it all goes in a future post.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Introduction
This blog is my personal account of my time with the Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Service, it is not authorised by the New Zealand Fire Service, any information contained in the blog is not to be taken as statement of fact or the opinion or view of the New Zealand Fire Service.
I will try to list all calls that I attend and some details, if allowed, of the call. More importantly I will keep you updated on my training and the tasks I undertake at calls.
The Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Service is manned by volunteers from the local community, we commit our own time for training, calls, fund raising and to raise awareness of the risks and the prevention of fire. We do not receive any payment or reward.
We have two trucks, details to follow, and one mini bus/backup vehicle. We train for two hours on a Monday night.
Up until this date, I have not attended many fire calls, must be a quiet time for fires!! The few calls I have been on are:
Garage fire - Ngongotaha - 12.03am 22/05/08
Smell of smoke - Mangakakahi - 6.57pm 30/05/08
There are other calls in between, but I couldn't attend.
I hope you all enjoy reading about the service, if you want to donate any money to the Station you can contact us.
I will try to list all calls that I attend and some details, if allowed, of the call. More importantly I will keep you updated on my training and the tasks I undertake at calls.
The Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Service is manned by volunteers from the local community, we commit our own time for training, calls, fund raising and to raise awareness of the risks and the prevention of fire. We do not receive any payment or reward.
We have two trucks, details to follow, and one mini bus/backup vehicle. We train for two hours on a Monday night.
Up until this date, I have not attended many fire calls, must be a quiet time for fires!! The few calls I have been on are:
Garage fire - Ngongotaha - 12.03am 22/05/08
Smell of smoke - Mangakakahi - 6.57pm 30/05/08
There are other calls in between, but I couldn't attend.
I hope you all enjoy reading about the service, if you want to donate any money to the Station you can contact us.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)