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Rescue
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Stuart
Hanshaw
Deputy Rescue Officer
Stuart has been involved in the SES for about 7 years, initially as a casualty and then as a member. Recently appointed as deputy rescue officer, Stuart has been a team leader since October 01. During this time he has been involved in operations both locally as well as in other areas, from Canada Bay to the Blue Mountains as well as other divisions.
Stuart is qualified in a number of skills including General Rescue, First Aid, Storm Damage, map reading, land search and chainsaw to name a few.”
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What
does rescue do?
Rescue members undertake training in a number of skills. These include:
- First
Aid, General Rescue
- Storm and
Water Damage
- Land
Search
- Map Reading
- Flood
Boat operations etc...
The Rescue Section currently has about 20 members. These members are the ones called out to assist the community.
The unit is broken up into two sections, headquarters and rescue. These sections have their own roles to play in the unit. Particularly during larger emergencies and where teams may be out on jobs for prolonged periods or where there are a large number of calls for assistance coming into the unit.
The rescue
section is essentially the people who go out and attend to the
public’s request for assistance. This is mostly in the middle of
the night and pouring rain and wind.
Few Items we have been involved in:
- Unit Re opened Jul 1997 with NO
MEMBERS
- Concord West Train Derailment, Unit assisted NSW Police for 4 days (24hrs a day)
- Assisted Community in the Sydney hailstorm.
- One of our members "Toby Floyd" won a Scholarship to Cornell University in the USA for 3 months. The program was a Leadership Program, this can only assist Toby and the SES.
- New Unit name on 1-12-2000, due to merger of both councils.
- 2001 Wilderness Navigation Challenge held in Victoria, unit placed 45th out of
out of 98 overall, 1st Place of all the NSW SES Teams who entered.
- Assist Police with a Forensic Search in the Strathfield, Units working together from Canada Bay City, Strathfield & Burwood Units.
- Assist Police in numerous Searches using the Medi-Trak System.
- 2001 Wollongong Navigation Challenge held in the Wollongong area, the unit placed 2nd, (this was the first time we entered this event) also placed 1st in the First Aid Stand.
- Assisted in the Black Xmas Bushfires 2001-2002.
- City of Canada Bay Council held an Recognition Night for the Canada Bay City SES Unit.
- Assisting in Feb 2002 in Parramatta & Holroyd Areas re: Severe Storm.
- Local Controller was awarded the Inaugural Premiers Award for Excellence for an individual, from all the NSW SES.
- Forensic Search in the Concord Area to assist NSW Police Dec 2002.
- Jindabyne Bush Fires, Unit sent L/C as Taskforce Commander.
For
emergency help in floods and storms call
132
500
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For
information on road closures, phone the RTA on 131 700
or fax on
02 8396 1436
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