The Grumpy Dev in the Corner

It has taken nearly 18 months and a number of false starts but I've finally got the tractor running again. Luckily, or not, depending on your perspective, the weather over the last year and a half has meant very little growth so no need for the tractor.

Part of the problem is that the model doesn't really exist anywhere outside of China, so parts supply is tricky. And the engine is not common, but the model number is shared with a number of configurations so even parts that are supposedly for it don't necessarily fit.

news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/nearly-... - the quote that stands out for me: "Worryingly, those least concerned, and less likely to be prepared were located just 500 metres to one kilometre from bushland."

If you couple that with this: news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/victori... - the prospects are not good.

Today I was in Ballarat for the #ScrapTheTax #NotInOurName rally. The full entourage can be seen in youtu.be/UTZsC8HarVE?... It covers both the start and end.

I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop

What's more is that this levy doesn't even guarantee extra funding for the emergency services. It doesn't even fully meet current budgets, let alone have provisions for expanding that. It just shifts it from General Revenue to cover for the holes in the state budget.

I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop

I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop

Why should we turnout to car accidents on public highways, often to stand there doing traffic direction, when that is the job of the paid Police? Washaways on VicRoads highways? That is their job. Rescue? That is SES. But CFA is expected to turn out every time.

I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop

It is galling that this government would use that against us. Farmers are being asked to pay more than 4 times what the general public does and still show up without pay, and often foregoing paid work, to fight fires. Fires that often start on government land.

I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop

This one is interesting - 9 vehicles in total responded, it took over 2 hours. I might need to keep track of the interim updates so that information isn't lost. 3 vehicles involved in the crash, car on fire. All occupants safe with some injuries. ...

A couple of passers-by were first on scene and got the occupants of the car out before it burst into flame, and it happens that I know one of those who helped out. Proud to know that while others were videoing the scene, our friend and another tradie pushed them aside to save a life. ...

This was marked as Safe 2 days ago, so why is it coming up again? Typically this will be that the local crew asked for the job to be kept open so they could monitor it, so ESTA only marks it as closed once they get the go-ahead from them.

Keeping the job open means we can turn out new crews to flare-ups or reignitions without having to start a new job. Keeps the timeline clearer for a particular fire.

I think @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org is now solid enough for prime time. Added some extra config and a mechanism to keep its memory usage low. Happy to hear any suggestions.

A Safe status doesn't mean the fire is out. Only that the resources on scene are enough to finish the job so others assigned can be released. Often the local crew will babysit a Safe fire overnight if conditions could result in a reignition.