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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yep – I stand corrected. I asked the despatcher last night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I took over in charge at the large fire in West Melton and was certainly never made aware of it, nor was it being announced on turnout of other appliances, so twas never going to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I thought given some of the nutbags on the channel, the despatchers did a good enough job without MIPS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It wasn’t hard to get through on the phone, which I did several times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> TheList [mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>11 StatusTenZero<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 12 September 2013 12:03 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> thelist@radiowiki.org.nz<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TheList] Fire calls last night in Canterbury<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Yep. MIPS was called by the dispatcher at 22:10 hrs.<br><br>Personally, I would have done it about 5 hours earlier, but they did finally get around to it.<br><br>Now, I love vollies. I truly do. They give up a heck of a lot to do the job, and I appreciate it. I'm not paid staff, just a radio listener.<br><br>However. I really felt like strangling some of the country boys who seemed to want to give their entire life stories on the channel when things were going to hell. I don't think that any of them seemed to hear MIPS. Which was only called once, and not followed up on, which was another mistake IMHO. Things would have run a tiny bit better if they had told the storytellers to keep it to a minimum.<br><br>So. Perhaps a couple of lessons to be learned. The channel was pretty much out of control last night, being busier than any Guy Fawkes in recent memory.<br><br>My thoughts: Call for MIPS early, and enforce it if necessary. And maybe pop a memo in the post for training nights to all emphasising what it's all about, and how it benefits YOU by having a clearer radio if you need help..<br><br>If anyone had gotten into trouble last night, I think they would have had trouble getting through on the radio.<br><br>Just my 2c.<br><br>Oh, and shoutout to Steve Austin!<br><br>STZ.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/09/2013 7:14 PM, Justin Lewis - ResponseMedia wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Was running from around 2200hrs until sometime in the morning. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Talking to my offside being one of the PRFO’s around chch at one stage we had to many active fires that it was suspended.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> TheList [<a href="mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz">mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Matthews<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 11 September 2013 6:57 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:thelist@radiowiki.org.nz">thelist@radiowiki.org.nz</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TheList] Fire calls last night in Canterbury</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yeah I am with your Nigel, I do not believe it was. Not that I heard or saw</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:shiters_r_us@hotmail.com" title="shiters_r_us@hotmail.com">Shiters rus</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6:18 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:thelist@radiowiki.org.nz" title="thelist@radiowiki.org.nz">thelist@radiowiki.org.nz</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Re: [TheList] Fire calls last night in Canterbury</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It was implemented for south Canty last night. It basically means turnouts, stop messages and priorities only. Status msg are still transmitted via the MSU as usual.<br><br>Regards </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Brendan</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sent from my iPhone</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>On 11/09/2013, at 5:04 PM, "RayC" <<a href="mailto:rcolvill@paradise.net.nz">rcolvill@paradise.net.nz</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Can someone tells me what is “NIPS is now in implementation”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>TheList mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TheList@radiowiki.org.nz">TheList@radiowiki.org.nz</a><br><a href="http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz">http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>TheList mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TheList@radiowiki.org.nz">TheList@radiowiki.org.nz</a><br><a href="http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz">http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>TheList mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:TheList@radiowiki.org.nz">TheList@radiowiki.org.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz">http://radiowiki.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/thelist_radiowiki.org.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6654 - Release Date: 09/10/13<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>