Updates

Written by Administrator

Thursday, 02 July 2009 07:33

SPAM

Hi All,

Due to the sudden dramatic rise in SPAM, NEW Accounts will now require activation by captcha. This will greatly reduce the amount of SPAM being automatically produced.

- Mike

Wednesday 5th July, 2009

Spam has increasingly become an issue once again on the website, and in this day and age of technology it is a worldwide problem. Sydney Fire Administrators have noticed an increase in spam, primarily on the shoutbox.

If you notice any spam, please alert the administrators via the contact page and they will handle the situation by deleting the content in question along with banning the account. We ask that when you contact one of the administrators that you include the usernames of users spamming.

We appreciate any assistance in the matter, and we will be looking into a further method of blocking the spam altogether.

Thanks for your understanding in the matter.

Kindest Regards,

Sydney Fire Administrators

Hi all

Time for a Sydney fire site update.

Forums

Well the big news of the day is that we finally have the new Sydney fire forums up and running. The reason for changing from the original forum backend was that one- the old forums database was integrated into the website database; this makes it hard to do running backups as well as slowing down the response time of the main site. Second is that the old forums would not work once the posts made a second page, this was got around by increasing the posts per page, however this was only ever going to be a temporary fix. There where defiantly a few teething problems with the introduction of the forum section in relation to user login, however I believe that all these issues are now rectified and the forum login is operating correct. If you are still having problems accessing the forums once logged into the Sydney fire main site please let me know.While still on the forums, you may have noticed an increase in the topic list avail for posts, this was due to many requests to allow other emergency services information to be posted. I have no plans of changing the focus of the main site, as this was always my primary interest. However there may be some additional information added to the site in the weeks to come.

Gallery

Now that the forum upgrade is competed, my next focus will be on upgrading the Gallery. This is due to the fact that can be difficult to upload to and sometime the upload fails with no picture displaying. Also I would like to allow each user to have the own folder so as to allow beater control for the user over there photos. This will not stop the display of fire photos in topics as is currently the practice. The software for the new gallery is installed; I am just putting a lot more effort into checking for stability before changing over, unlike the forums. Please continue to use the current gallery as all information will be transferred across when the migration happens. If you have any suggestions into the way the gallery should be structured i.e. the same or different to the current style please post in the forums under the topic I have created.

Live Stream

If the stream goes down for any reason there are now several ways to get in contact with me to rectify the situation, email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , add a post in the forums / shout box, or if you have it you can contact my by my MSN contact. I am hopping to get a UPS sooner rather than later as loss of power is the primary reason for fire stream failures.

Reminders

Forums

The previous issue of not using “/ “ or “\” in there forum topic headings is now no longer relevant.

Thanks

Mike

Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 August 2009 23:08

Shout Box

Latest Message: 2 days, 5 hours ago

glen walda : any one know whats going on in the tahmoor bargo area
Mike : Hope to have it back up by tonight
Mike : All streams down due to power failure, Bugger
Darryl Schlo : Nope, down again
Sandy : working again! thanks mike!
Sam : Yea Sandy, I lost connection years ago. Lol.
Sandy : anyone else not able to connect?
gary : .
Alan : Jason. Railcorp is on GRN. You do not 'block frequencies' on GRN, you block unwanted Talkgroups. If you block a frequency you'll lose other users too.
Clinton : Battery Acid spill
tom : rta says chem spill?
tom : hvy hazmat rolling lights/siren down pennathills rd?
Jason : Oops may be the wrong freq
Jason : Need to block Freq: 419.2500. Seems to be Rail Corp security
Sam : Hey all, anyone listening to the digital grn in the Horsley Park area, Cumberland Zone, what frequency do you pick them up on? Thanks in advance.
Alan : Stuck on buffering for me too!
Glenn : stuck on buffering or is it my pc
Glenn : hey
Graeme Grego : Does any body know what the helicopter flying around Blaxland is looking for !!!
Christiaan Z : can something be done to make it compatible on macs?
Mike : thanks will have a look
Darryl Schlo : Mike - you might want to have a look at your power supply as the battery indicator is flashing in the top right hand corner of the display and it beeps about every 15 seconds. Darryl
Sandy : Hi mike - it seems that the new scanner is very quick to time out on a channel and change to the next. Sandy
Mike : stream back up, please provide feedback as I have a new scanner connected
Mike : sorry but scanner will remain off line untill sunday morning due to issues with the reprogramming
Mike : Hi All, the streams are currently down till tomorrow (sat) due to the scanner being replaced, should be back up within 24hours.
dxj8 : Hi Christiaan Z, re yr post about the DEOHS Regentville & O Hills got 2 calls to it, if you were talking about wed 4th Jan when you were listening.
Andy : There has recently been yet another MOU signed between the DoD and FRNSW about that place, I havnt been bothered to read it yet but there is probably some new protocol in there, who knows
Andy : Christiaan, those days havnmt changed, probably the response times have. I know that facility very VERY well having worked for all 3 services that either go there or that were stationed in there.
Darryl Schlo : stream gone again
Christiaan Z : ok but what happened to the days when 86, 102, regentville rfs, orchard hills rfs and mulgoa rfs got activated at the same time because of the type of facility it is?
Andy : Because the place is so close to 86 & 102, more often than not, they get there and stand the RFS down because they get there
Andy : Yes the facility is in RFS area, but due to the nature of the facility, FRNSW are required to respond
Christiaan Z : ok was listening to a live feed scanner lat night and p86, p102 got responded to afa but no rfs
Sam : I believe that is the case Christiaan
Christiaan Z : just confirming that orchard hills defence establishment is a mua area?
Mike : the main stream was down the new stream was still working, all ok now
Andrew : I believe it is
Coops : heya, is the stream down at the moment? I get nothing but buffering, two PC's with different ISP's. thanks
Jason : ‎4 FRNSW trucks are responding to reports of a fire at a Nursing home on Broughton Street at Rutherford - First truck onscene has confirmed there is a fire and multiple evacuations are underway.
Mike : looking now
steven : stream down
Mike : stream back up, hoora, syd maritime on stream as well for tonight
Mike : working to get it back up at present
robert milla : We have no sound.
Mike : stream down due power issues
Brendan : house cambelltown fully involved
Alan : give g a chance!
Jason : Stream stuck on buffering. Anyone else havin the same problem??? Was workin not long ago
Mike : main stream up, new stream has continued to operate