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

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  Speaker 1: Joining us on the line right now to let us
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  Speaker 1: know about what has been happening over the course of
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  Speaker 1: the weekend. Craig Garaway, the manager of the Emergency Communications
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  Speaker 1: Center for Saint John. Good morning to you, Craig.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Katie for the busy morning head.
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  Speaker 1: Always busy in here, mate. They're trying to keep me
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  Speaker 1: out of trouble now, I know that well. I believe
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  Speaker 1: it was actually on Friday Stoke cell war for fifty
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  Speaker 1: eight year old female came off an e scooter.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, looks just come off that e scooter late in
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  Speaker 2: the evening there and spain a number of injuries that
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  Speaker 2: required paramedics to attend and give us some treatment. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: look that was followed up again on Sunday morning in
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  Speaker 2: the city there again another east scooter incident or a
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  Speaker 2: male received a number of facial injury as a result
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  Speaker 2: of that incident, very early in the morning. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: look a warning to everyone, you know, if we're going
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  Speaker 2: to use those e scooters, We've talked about it before, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: responsibily and make sure you've got a helmet on and
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  Speaker 2: don't write them on the road. So yeah, take it
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  Speaker 2: easy and in your.
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  Speaker 1: Experience mate is there. Look, do you think that it's
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  Speaker 1: alcohol that is involved or is it sometimes the weather?
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  Speaker 1: And is there a few sort of contributing factors.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I think there's a few contributing factors. But to
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  Speaker 2: be fair, most of these incidents, as we talk about,
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  Speaker 2: are happening very late at night early in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, you know, why are people on those
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  Speaker 2: good at that time the morning and night? I suppose,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, if they are used responsibly. And I've
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  Speaker 2: used them with my family and I'm sure a lot
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  Speaker 2: of other people listening have and we've used them responsibly,
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  Speaker 2: and I think they're a fantastic addition to Day one.
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  Speaker 2: But obviously, you know, people do need to use them appropriately.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent. On Sunday seven pm, so this
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  Speaker 1: is last night, and Stuart Parker, twenty nine year old male,
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  Speaker 1: was out for a run and got attacked by some dogs.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I've been saying it for a long time in
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  Speaker 2: my wife Katie outsize of Dan. But look, we've spoken
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  Speaker 2: about dog bites a bit over the last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know what's going on out there in
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  Speaker 2: dog land, but yeah, it looks four young valas out
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  Speaker 2: there doing the right thing and I got to take
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  Speaker 2: by a couple of dogs I believe in Stuart Park
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  Speaker 2: had a number of angle ankle injuries, not too serious,
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  Speaker 2: but required us to take in the hospital for poor bugger. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a bit scary, isn't it. You know, you're out
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  Speaker 2: trying to do the right thing and there's nothing worse
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  Speaker 2: than having a dog attack you. It is quite traumatic
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  Speaker 2: and scary.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And so were his injuries. They weren't too bad.
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  Speaker 2: No, it just required a number of stitches, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously, you know, dog bites traditionally very cause a
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  Speaker 2: lot of infection, so obviously make sure you know the
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  Speaker 2: appropriate injections are done. So that's why our parameds have
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  Speaker 2: transported in and had he massessed to the hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 1: Then in Howard Springs, a seventy seven year old male
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  Speaker 1: last night was bitten by a snake.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just around the corner from where there I live.
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  Speaker 2: And again we've had a number of snake bites over
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of months. This gentleman bitten about nine o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: I actually about half our state last night. I started
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  Speaker 2: to show signs of veamination, which is unusual quickly, so
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  Speaker 2: obviously paramedics quickly attended and treated this gentleman and got
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  Speaker 2: him up to the Royal Dale Hospital where they were
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  Speaker 2: able to assess, you know, his condition and ensure that
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  Speaker 2: if quid he got the right andy venom.
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  Speaker 1: Any idea what type of snake?
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't have that information with me at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: I think last week we talked about someone taking one
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  Speaker 2: up to the hospital in the bag. They didn't this time.
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  Speaker 1: Is that snake season or what's the guy? We seem
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  Speaker 1: to have lots on the go at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Look a lot of rain which washes them out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously a lot of water around, so it brings them
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  Speaker 2: out of their normal habitat. And obviously the heat, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's warming up again, so I think that gets them
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  Speaker 2: out and about. And it has been a bit dry
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  Speaker 2: out how it springs the last couple of days, so
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  Speaker 2: I think snakes are out about it again.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what, Craig garaway for a dull moment,
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  Speaker 1: particularly for you guys. Snake bites, scooter crashes, dog bites,
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  Speaker 1: It's all happening.
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  Speaker 2: Bits of everything and keeps our paramly it is very
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  Speaker 2: busy and obviously out in the roads all day, every day. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: looking after territory.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and doing a great job of it. Craig Garaway,
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  Speaker 1: the manager of the emergency Communications Center for Saint John.
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  Speaker 1: We always appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for your time, Katie, and have a great
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  Speaker 2: day you too,