Sydney Fire Update

Hi All,

Time for a Sydney fire site update.

There have been some improvements lately to the stream with the completion of the UPS integration into the Fire stream system; this will know enable the stream to stay online in the event of a power disruption. This was a bigger task then originally thought due to a variety of reasons and also due to a lack of time too recently. I hope you enjoy the better up time of the stream going forward.

Some other added bonuses lately have been the inclusion of Smartphone ability with the site, both the forum and the stream can now be accessed using a compatible smart phone, at present this includes iPhones and Android based phones.

The Forum can be accessed using Tapatalk, there is a small once only fee for the App (non of which I see ) if you wish to post, there is also a free version which allows you to view the forum only. The other inclusion, the fire stream can be access by the radio reference App “Scanner radio”, The stream can be found by location Australia-NSW-Sydney Surrounds-Sydney Fire.

Gallery

Fore those who have not noticed, I have changed the way the Gallery looks and acts totally, All member now have the ability to add photos to any folder, just select the Sidebar on the top right of the page , then select Add item in the just appeared sidebar. Please remember to only add photos you have the permissions to and add in the details of the photo owner, select the appropriate folder for the photo/s you are uploading. If the is a group folder you feel is should be added, please email me and I will add it if appropriate.

Forum

Onto the Forum, there are some new rules with regards to the forum; these are only designed to keep the politics out and the Fun in. If you have any questions regards these please do not hesitate to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it me with your concerns.

I am also still looking for people who are interested in assisting with the moderation of the forums; if you are interested please drop me a This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

New Members

If you register and do not receive the conformation e-mail, please check your spam folder and if you can not find this email, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will fix the issue.

Live Stream

There are several ways to listen to the fire stream with both the original main stream with both video and audio and the audio only stream at radioreference, the radio reference stream is located Here.

The Sydney Fire Stream is also on ustream during major fire events and fire Days. I will make a post when the Ustream link is active.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sydney-fire

As per normal, If the stream does go down for any reason, there are 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.

That’s all for now

Regards

Mike

Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 09:26

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