[TheList] TheList Digest, Vol 13, Issue 1

Sat May 1 10:04:32 AEST 2010

2435 - technical rescue tender - carries some USAR gear, heavy rams etc

Daryl Sayer
Sumner
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>   1. Re: Fire service extension ladders? (Mike Trump)
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> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:53:57 +0000
> From: Mike Trump <zl3tpq at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [TheList] Fire service extension ladders?
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> Thanks for your comments, guys.
> I've never been a fan of aluminium ladders for any job, let alone 
> fire-fighting.
> As Mike mentioned, you get no warning at all that one of these ladders is 
> going to break, I found this out the hard way at work a couple of years 
> back.
> One thing should be said about the old wooden ladders though, even they 
> were pretty cumbersome and heavy, you felt a lot safer on them, especially 
> if you drew the short straw to be using a hose reel off one.
> As long as you didn't get too silly and change the direction of the stream 
> too quickly, you could more or less depend on the ladder holding you 
> reasonably safely.
> I'd hate to think how using a HPHR off one of these newer ladders would 
> go.
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> Shaun,
> I remember that you are from the ChCh area, I have a question for you, 
> Woolston station has the appliance 2435, could you please define the "35" 
> suffix of the callsign, as the appliance doesn't look like any sort of 
> specialist appliance, I could be wrong though, is this some sort of a 
> heavy pump or something.
>
> Have a good weekend guys,
> Mike T.
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>> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:12:00 +1200
>> From: tahiini at gmail.com
>> To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>> Subject: Re: [TheList] Fire service extension ladders?
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>> Also, aluminium ladders, if they are going to bust, they will just go
>> *bang* and its all over. With a wooden ladder, it will groan and moan a
>> fair bit before it dies. Also, with wooden ladders, if they get a ding,
>> or a split near the edge, they can be sanded out and are fine again.
>> Little hard to do this with a metal ladder :)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>>
>> Neill Ellis wrote:
>> > Hmm, I have memories of a 9m 3 section aluminium ladder on the Summit
>> > of Mt Maunganui to access the aviation lights, surf club & coasthuard
>> > repeaters. Not much fun if it was windy. I must admit I nearly lost it
>> > on one occasion.
>> >
>> > With aluminium ladders you also have to be more cautious of the risk
>> > of electrocution.
>> >
>> > Neill.
>> >
>> >
>> > Shaun Sayer wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Mike
>> >>
>> >> You?re pretty much right. Not meant to be used in windy situations
>> >> and they flex quite a bit when you ascend. For someone like me that
>> >> doesn?t like heights a hell of a lot it?s a bit scary at times!
>> >> Hahaha? Good thing though is that they are a lot easier to put up due
>> >> to the weight difference.
>> >>
>> >> Shaun
>> >>
>> >> *From:* thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
>> >> [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Mike Trump
>> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 27 April 2010 7:30 p.m.
>> >> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>> >> *Subject:* [TheList] Fire service extension ladders?
>> >>
>> >> This may be a tad off-topic for this mailing list, but I do know that
>> >> there are a few operational FF's amongst us.
>> >> My question is, I note that the Fire Service these days has moved
>> >> away from the older type wooden extension ladders on appliances.
>> >> Now, I remember these ladders well when I was a FF, with them being
>> >> heavy and awkward to move at the best of times.
>> >> >From the pictures I've seen of the newer aluminium ladders, they
>> >> look rather flimsy, I could be wrong, has anyone had any experience
>> >> with these ladders and what are your thoughts?
>> >> I've been out of the fire service for a while, so I never got the
>> >> chance to have a go at using one of the newer types of ladders.
>> >>
>> >> Your thoughts?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Mike Trump.
>> >>
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> I'm speccing a new computer, and I'm wondering whether a 2.9 quad core
> CPU would be noticably faster than a 2.8 quad core for gaming.
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> Can anyone comment ?
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> Thanks
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> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:16:03 +1200
> From: Mike Bailey <tahiini at gmail.com>
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> Probably not noticeably, but if you can get it for the same price as the
> 2.8, then go for it. If there's much of a price difference, I wouldn't
> bother.
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> Cheers
> Mike
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> Gary Lowndes wrote:
>> I'm speccing a new computer, and I'm wondering whether a 2.9 quad core
>> CPU would be noticably faster than a 2.8 quad core for gaming.
>>
>> Can anyone comment ?
>>
>> Thanks
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