<div dir="ltr">If someone has carefully surveyed the name as signposted I leave that intact. branch is not mandatory but helpful since consumers can choose how they want to format the such as "Narooma", "Narooma RFS", "Narooma Rural Fire Brigade", etc. especially when combined with operator. The whole point was to be neutral on the exact name format and not engage in a mass edit to reformat them to be the same, but instead respect names will look different based on signage.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 21:05, Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>I have used the LPI Base Map for both
      name and operator, see<br>
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      Way: Narooma Fire Station (761122699) [operator fire & rescue]<br>
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      Way: Narooma Rural Fire Service (761122698)<br>
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      I do not bother with the 'branch' as that is usually the leading
      value in the name and probably the same as the areas
      administration name too. <br>
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      The LPI Base Map also gives the area so it can be mapped as a way.
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      On 08/01/20 16:13, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">No, just confirming details was all I was thinking
        about!
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                  <div dir="ltr">Thanks
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                    <div>Graeme</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 14:57,
          Andrew Harvey <<a href="mailto:andrew.harvey4@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.harvey4@gmail.com</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="ltr">It's normally considered okay to check a
            business website as a reference and picking up their contact
            details, but to err on the side of caution taking a whole
            database from <a href="http://fire.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank">fire.nsw.gov.au</a>
            and mass importing is not advised.
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            <div>So I'd suggest not just copying everything from that
              website. For the RFS operated fire stations normally the
              name will indicate this, or a quick look at google search
              results may also indicate, sometimes it's visible on
              Mapillary based on the signage.</div>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at
              15:39, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com" target="_blank">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">Just a thought?
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                  <div>Are we allowed to use 
                    <a href="https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=467" target="_blank">https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=467</a> or
                    not?</div>
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                  <div>I've thinking we would still need permission
                    & waiver?</div>
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                  <div>Big question, I guess, is - are we commercial or
                    not?</div>
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                            <div dir="ltr">Thanks
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                              <div>Graeme</div>
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