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Katie Woolf spoke with Emergency Communications Centre Manager Craig Garraway · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie wall Van three point sixty online at Mix
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  Speaker 1: one O four nine dot com. Now joining us on
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  Speaker 1: the line is Craig Garaway, the manager of the emergency
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  Speaker 1: Communications Center with Saint John. Good morning to you, Craig,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning Katie, mate. Busy weekend and unfortunately on Saturday
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  Speaker 1: a terrible situation with a three car motor vehicle crash.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look a sad way to sort of start the
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  Speaker 2: weekend happened now that Humpty do on the Arnham Highway
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  Speaker 2: there three cars have collided an unfortunately a person there
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  Speaker 2: has passed away at the scene. Quite a tragic incident,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lot of damage there and we did
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  Speaker 2: transport another person to the Royal Dale Hospital with minor injuries.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, look not a good result and yeah, just sad.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I know that the Northern Territory Police are
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  Speaker 1: still calling for witnesses to that crash. That crime scene
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  Speaker 1: had to be declared and the section of the highway
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  Speaker 1: was closed stoff for several hours. Well. Major Crash detectives
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  Speaker 1: investigated the circumstances around that crash and those circumstances are
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  Speaker 1: still not known at this point in time, but it
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  Speaker 1: is always a reminder for us all to just do
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  Speaker 1: our best to you know, to not only follow the
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  Speaker 1: road rules, but try to make sure that we're driving
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  Speaker 1: defensively and keeping an eye out for other people that
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  Speaker 1: are on the road too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, Katie, I think the important things are, you know, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that you've got plenty of room in front
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  Speaker 2: of you stop in the event you need to stop quickly.
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  Speaker 2: I see people targeting every day, and it puts people
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  Speaker 2: under pressure that you know, you're tailgating, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: take a bit extra time. You know, everyone seems in
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  Speaker 2: a hurry and they're frustrated and they get angry, quicker
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  Speaker 2: people on their mobile phones. And the other one that
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  Speaker 2: really gets me is people driving through red lights. I
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  Speaker 2: really got taken out the other day by someone going
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  Speaker 2: through a red light, and yeah, just slow down. It's
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  Speaker 2: the innocent people that are getting killed or injured and maimed.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, people spend months in hospital recovering from
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  Speaker 2: some of these injuries, and it impacts on people's lives forever.
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  Speaker 1: It most certainly does. And I tell you what, my
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  Speaker 1: heart goes out to the family that has lost a
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  Speaker 1: loved one over the weekend. Is absolutely tragic. News, and
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  Speaker 1: as you said though as well, also somebody injured and
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  Speaker 1: I really hope that that person is able to make
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  Speaker 1: a full recovery. Craig, we also know on Sunday, at
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  Speaker 1: about ten point thirty in the morning, a forty nine
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  Speaker 1: year old male fell from a five meter will fell
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  Speaker 1: five meters from a ladder. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Look, he was obviously doing some work around the house,
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  Speaker 2: I believe, and quite along all five meters. It's a
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  Speaker 2: long way to go down and I think we've all
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  Speaker 2: probably had that thing happened to us. We we're at
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  Speaker 2: the top of a ladder and the ladder nearly falls over.
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  Speaker 2: But unfortunately, this gentleman definitely fell from the ladder and
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  Speaker 2: sedained a number of injuries not too serious, but was
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  Speaker 2: transported to the Royal Daun Hospital for further treatment. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: be careful when you're working around the house or up
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  Speaker 2: on the roof or you know, just take those extra
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  Speaker 2: few precautions and take a bit of extra time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, they just finally I know that there's a
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  Speaker 1: fundraiser happening as well, or has it already happened, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: has it done.
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  Speaker 2: Happened last night? Yeah, their cinema there, our young Cadets
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  Speaker 2: raise seventeen hundred dollars for the division. And look, it's
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  Speaker 2: amazing work our young kids doing all their volunteers. These
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  Speaker 2: kids have gone out and organized this event, had one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and ten people purchased tickets to go there, and
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  Speaker 2: they raise seventeen hundred dollars and that's seventeen hundred dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Cody goes to them buying equipment for them to train
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  Speaker 2: and also for them to go and help the community
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  Speaker 2: at the events they go to. So when you see
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  Speaker 2: them thank them. At the event, you'll see them in uniform,
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  Speaker 2: young kids and the volunteers say thank you because they're
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  Speaker 2: out there working their hard out to ensure that we
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  Speaker 2: can all go out and enjoy our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, well, Craig, GARYL Way, it's always good to
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  Speaker 1: catch up with you, mate. We really appreciate your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks great week.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. That is Craig Garaway there, the manager of
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  Speaker 1: the emergency Communications Center with Saint John