Originally Posted by
finestkind
I note that the ADF is assisting in numerous ways in supporting the fire fighting efforts although not directly able to fire fight due not being covered by OH&S. I know that training is required but do chuckle at the OH&S issue considering what the ADF actually does.
Yeah they have crazy OHS issues
During one of the cyclone clean up, no army personal where allowed to use a chainsaw unless they had military skills training in them. It turned out that virtually no one who was available had, that didn't become much of an issue because they found out that most of the chainsaws were US in the first hour. In the end the army were just extra fetch and carry hands for the a emergency services who had chainsaws that worked. So while their time and services were appreciated it goes to show you just cant throw a military force in a emergency with no training and expect them operate at the same level as those who have