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Hydraulics Course

nbwp — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:13:00 +0000

Hydraulics Course 3 May 2025 I volunteered to help with the hydraulics course this year. The format changed a bit from last year: we spent more time on the theory. We did have a demonstration on the effects of pressure, flow and friction which was quite an interesting exercise… Tomorrow will be a fully practical day but I can’t make it. Always happy to improve my skills in hydraulics!

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NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 02

nbwp — Sat, 20 May 2023 18:13:00 +0000

NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 02 20 May 2023 The day promised to be cold and it did deliver. We continued on with the classroom material and plotted our points for the navigation exercise. We left for Sunny Corner State Forest and soon enough we were at the “obstacle” which proved too much for some of the PCs. Only two RFS vehicles and a 4WD made it to the top: with no diff lock and city tyres, it was not […]

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NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 01

nbwp — Fri, 19 May 2023 18:13:00 +0000

NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 01 20 May 2023 Operational Field Support had organised a workshop for the Operate in Remote Environments (ORE) course instructors. ORE is a qualification required for all remote area firefighters.The workshop was delivered by Way-Finder. Most of the day was spent in the classroom. We discussed group dynamics and better ways of presenting map reading and navigation topics. Our instructors introduced some basic navigation exercises and soon enough we hoped in our PCs and were […]

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HYDRAULICS PRACTICE

nbwp — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 18:13:00 +0000

HYDRAULICS PRACTICE 16 April 2023 Bernard had organised a practice session at Lawson RFB as the hydraulics assessment looms large! The weather was cooperating for a change: bright sun and little wind! It also helped that we were in the mid-mountains…. The soon-to-be assessed members practiced closed-relay pumping between two cat 1 trucks. Meanwhile the branch operators had fun doing some hose and branch work.

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2023 HYDRAULICS COURSE

nbwp — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 18:13:00 +0000

2023 HYDRAULICS COURSE 26 March 2023 The hydraulics course was on and I was assisting! As luck would have it, the weather went in sympathy with its own hydraulics show… For me, the highlight of the day is the buoy wall: watching the participants unpacking and packing it back! They did well! I was at the Cat 7 station explaining the finer points of drafting… Then, surprise! I was charged to demonstrate to each group, foam production with the Quenchmaster! […]

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