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

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Mix one O four point nine. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we know it's been a busy weekend for our Northern
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  Speaker 1: Territory Police, as we heard earlier today when we caught
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  Speaker 1: up with Commander for the Darwin Region, Matt Hollanby. But
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  Speaker 1: it's also been a very busy weekend for our paramedics
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  Speaker 1: and our volunteers as well. With Saint John and joining
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  Speaker 1: us on the line right now is Craig Garawadi, manager
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  Speaker 1: of the Emergency Communications Center with Saint John. Good morning
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  Speaker 1: to you, Craig.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: A busy weekend. Let's start on Saturday where a twenty
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  Speaker 1: two year old Mail was bitten by a dog, receiving
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  Speaker 1: injuries to his face.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it happened in the city on Saturday evenings, have
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  Speaker 2: a sort of a big day for us with a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people around. But twenty two year old Mail
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  Speaker 2: there bitten by a dog to the face area, received
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  Speaker 2: a number of injuries that required us to take Himo
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  Speaker 2: the Royal Dahn Hospital. Obviously infection being quite concerning with
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  Speaker 2: a bite like that, and obviously you know, making sure
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  Speaker 2: that no injuries to the eye or the face are
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  Speaker 2: too serious. So he was taken to the row Down Hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, goodness, mate, it sounds like an odd place to
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  Speaker 1: have a dog injury. Like generally you would expect that
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  Speaker 1: it would be the legs or the lower body, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Or the hand. You put your hands and protect yourself.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, face a bit unusual. I haven't heard one
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  Speaker 2: of those for a long time. But anyway, he's recovering
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  Speaker 2: and I'm sure he'd be a little bit careful around
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  Speaker 2: dogs moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about that. Also on Saturday in the
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  Speaker 1: city again, a fifty four year old male fell off
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  Speaker 1: an e scooter, receiving injuries to his head. Is he
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  Speaker 1: all right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look he is all right. I did need to
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  Speaker 2: go to the hospital. We had two of these over
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  Speaker 2: the weekend. On another one on Sunday evening around the
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  Speaker 2: same time. Actually it's ten ten tenth between ten and
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  Speaker 2: eleven seems to be the time. But we also had
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  Speaker 2: a twenty year old female on Sunday evening basically taking
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  Speaker 2: the hospital. Possibly maybe a broken jaw, not too sure,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, both of them are recovering in hospital. And
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  Speaker 2: obviously I'm sure over the weekend, with so many people
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  Speaker 2: in this city area, would have been every man who's
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  Speaker 2: dog on an e scooter getting around At some point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I noticed that the weather was so glorious yesterday
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  Speaker 1: that we spent really it was so nice. We decided
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  Speaker 1: to spend nearly the whole day just sort of out
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  Speaker 1: and about enjoying it. And I was down there at
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  Speaker 1: the at Jervois Park near the deck chair just having
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  Speaker 1: a coffee, and there was people sort of there were
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  Speaker 1: so many people on their scooters but riding on the
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  Speaker 1: grass and everything, and I thought, oh, well, I suppose
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  Speaker 1: the grass is safe for them riding on the road
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  Speaker 1: and without a helmet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's probably one of the things I probably would recommend. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we've talked about these scooters a lot, Katie and using
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  Speaker 2: them responsibly and carefully. But probably what I am noticing
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  Speaker 2: is not a lot of people are wearing the helmets,
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of the injuries we are seeing as
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  Speaker 2: a result of people not wearing helmets, And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's really important that people start wearing those
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  Speaker 2: helmets to protect themselves.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what. There's a lot happened that
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  Speaker 1: happened in the city at about ten point thirty on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night at the intersection of Mitchell Street and straight
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  Speaker 1: vehicle crashed into a building.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've sort of noticed a bit on Saurday night
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  Speaker 2: it seemed to be going off in town. And you're right,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm not sure which one. There was two crashes
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  Speaker 2: that happened about forty minutes apart in the city there.
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  Speaker 2: One of them I've noticed in the interviews is a
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  Speaker 2: result of Horne driving. But yeah, look there was the
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  Speaker 2: one into a building and there was two occumens in
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  Speaker 2: that car up to get out. And then another one
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  Speaker 2: in Bennett Street where a vehicle collided with a pole.
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  Speaker 2: Again the drive was able to get himself out of
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  Speaker 2: that vehicle, but we did transport him to hospital with
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  Speaker 2: minor injuries. It just required assessment at the Royal Dane Hospitals. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: look a lot going on in the city, but a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people around there with't me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there were so many people around and so many
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  Speaker 1: people here for the supercars. How did it all go
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  Speaker 1: out there?
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  Speaker 2: You know?
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  Speaker 1: The did the volunteers or have to sort of treat
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  Speaker 1: anyone for dehydration or anything like that. It was everybody
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  Speaker 1: pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: I looked first of all the nt major events. Hats
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  Speaker 2: off to the amazing event, a great weekend and all
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  Speaker 2: round are very well managed and organized. Look for us
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  Speaker 2: our volunteers, we had obviously parameds and volunteers out there
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  Speaker 2: who all did an amazing job. And you know, other
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  Speaker 2: than you know, people tripping over and you know a
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  Speaker 2: few scrapes and that, but really the big thing for
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  Speaker 2: us with sunscreen, we went through gallons of sunscreen, a
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  Speaker 2: heap of ear plugs, so they were the two main ones,
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  Speaker 2: so not too too bad for us. It was more
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  Speaker 2: about just having a presence there, making sure that everyone
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  Speaker 2: was okay and yeah, yeah, just keeping an eye on them.
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  Speaker 2: But look, we're very well behaved crowd, great event. Look,
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  Speaker 2: it was just awesome. I can't really say enough about
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  Speaker 2: Anti major events and our volunteers and our paramedics.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they've done a tremendous job, there is no doubt
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  Speaker 1: about that. Hey Craig. With those those crashes that happen
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  Speaker 1: on the track, do our anti paramedics have to help
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  Speaker 1: out there or do they sort of have teams that
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  Speaker 1: are specific you know for the track with motorsports.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's very well well planned. So yes, to
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  Speaker 2: answer your first question, we have three ambulances stationed strategically
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  Speaker 2: around the track with paramedics in those ambulances, and then
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  Speaker 2: we also have first aid posts around where all the
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  Speaker 2: spectators are, again with the paramedes and volunteers at those.
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  Speaker 2: We also have a chase vehicle which has a ParaMed
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  Speaker 2: intensive care paramedic in it. And obviously we had a
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  Speaker 2: really unique event on the weekend where we had cars
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  Speaker 2: and bios racing, and they both have their own medical teams.
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  Speaker 2: So the motorbike crash on Saturday, oh sorry, on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: I believe, yeah, that on the scene would have been
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  Speaker 2: race safe. They have their own medical team that are
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  Speaker 2: on the spot, you know, within a minute of that
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  Speaker 2: incident happening, probably thirty seconds, and then our paramedics back
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  Speaker 2: them up with the ambulance to transport those patients back
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  Speaker 2: to a medical center which is managed by os matt
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  Speaker 2: or the trauma center. They have a medical team there.
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  Speaker 2: So look, if anything happens out there day and now
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  Speaker 2: you're in really good end. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I had wondered that. I just sort of as in,
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  Speaker 1: I wondered whether I had their own specialist teams or
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  Speaker 1: how it all worked. You Oh, there you go, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: sounds like it. Well, it is always good to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you, Craig. Nothing else we should be aware
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  Speaker 1: of is there, aside from your wonderful volunteers and everybody
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  Speaker 1: else doing a great job over the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I think just be careful out there. There's still a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people in town. And I drove back and
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  Speaker 2: think last week and it's chaotic out on the highways there,
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  Speaker 2: So just take your time. I saw some unfortunate overtaking
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  Speaker 2: moves that definitely weren't on the hope people and people
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  Speaker 2: just need to slow down and take time and we'll
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  Speaker 2: all be safe. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Good advice. And like you said, there is so many
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  Speaker 1: people here at the moment, so many people on our roads,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, our road conditions can be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit different to what we see in other states and territories.
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  Speaker 1: So if you are a visitor to the Northern Territory
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  Speaker 1: and you're listening this morning, please do take care.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, thanks Katie, you have a great week.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, Craig. Thank you. That is Craig Garaway
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  Speaker 1: there from Saint John Ambulance. Here is the Emergency Communications
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  Speaker 1: Center Manager