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Rock climbing, police and rescue today 26-Apr-2017 At 8:15:36 PM kieranl

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The short answer is that the rope-rescue resources at Arapiles can only be activated via 000. Whether it's SES or CFA providing the resources we are part of Emergency services. You don't get hold of us, with the state-provided gear, without the full shebang. And believe me, it's a shebang.

You need to distinguish between if you're stuck or if you need a rescue. If you're merely stuck, please call some friends, or even some enemies, to help you out.You'll get home a lot quicker (and at present, for reasons too tedious to go into, the wait for rope rescue will be considerable). Sure contact locals who are in the rope rescue group if you know their number, but they can only use their personal resources (which may be considerable).

However If there's an injury on the cliff you need to assess first whether the injured person is going to need an ambulance. In that case call 000 now. You want the ambulance there as soon as possible. Also tell 000 that the casualty is on the cliff. They need to know, even if you think you can get them down safely. If you don't give 000 the full situation and fail to get the injured person down, that's time you won't get back.

I have had calls where people have suggested that they might get the casualty back to the Pines and then call the Ambulance. Why would you do that? If they aren't going to be able to cope with the drive into Horsham don't expect them to cope with the carry back to the Pines.