http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/ Dandenong Ranges Community Bushfire Grp Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:15:18 GMT daveandshirl65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1419 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1419 What do you expect from a government run service? Do you still believe that the government is here to protect you? ? They are here to protect themselves, Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:09:14 GMT archie_leach61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1418 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1418 Another example of DSE mismanagement? I had always thought that I wouldn't bother with the bushfire information line - based on previous years' experience it Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:59:39 GMT Mel Gajdek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1417 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1417 Happy New Year!!!! May 2010 bring Joy, Peace, Health, Prosperity and Rain to you all. We hope you have spent the day doing something enjoyable and are Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:17:48 GMT David Jewell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1416 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1416 Richard, That GUID looks like a time stamp to me. Maybe their clock stopped at midday on the Wednesday? A stopped clock would explain a lot of what the Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:16:13 GMT Richard Cullen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1415 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1415 Another bug with the new RSS feed, in case we're counting - each incident has the same unique ID : 30122009120000 Each item within an RSS feed is supposed to Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:39 GMT archie_leach61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1414 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1414 Certainly the CFA and DSE websites seem lacking in feedback opportunities.. feedback on systems rather than content should always be available somwhere - Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:13:11 GMT Richard Cullen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1413 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1413 Indeed - and the RSS location and feed format has changed significantly (I presume to incorporate DSE and CFA info into one feed) so now sites like Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:12:12 GMT Kathryn Nauta http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1412 Archie, I have sent you the info we receive from alerts@... An excellent service, arrives literally as the sirens are going. But does beg the Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:11:55 GMT Richard Cullen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1411 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1411 Some further observations about the new, amalgamated RSS data feed: - DSE data does not include a CFA 'region' - so you can't filter for all fire activity Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:52:10 GMT insitu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1410 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1410 It does seem to have sorting functions which could be improved; I would like to be able to filter out only region 13 fires. Sorting the first column by region Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:32:51 GMT archie_leach61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1409 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1409 Anybody bothered to have a look at the combined CFA/DSE fire incident site(s) lately? They don't seem to be improved on the old sites. During a comparatively Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:02:43 GMT insitu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1408 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1408 Did the CFA assessment process become more transparent only to justify that they were actually doing something or to see if people could appreciate the Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:24:55 GMT archie_leach61 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1407 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1407 It is good to have an update - results pretty well as expected - It is a great shame that the CFA - in order to be seen doing something - published the Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:20:24 GMT Jo Hirst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1406 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1406 Hi Everyone, Last night SYR council passed 2 more NSP's of last resort - Belgrave Recreation Reserve and Upwey Recreation Reserve. Watch out for the meeting Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:55:37 GMT Jo Hirst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1405 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drcbg/message/1405 Hi Everyone, Just to let you know that tonight SYR will hold a "special council meeting" to discuss Neighbourhood Places of Last resort. Sources tell me there