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Katie Woolf spoke with St John Emergency Communications Centre Manager Craig Garraway re Litchfield incident · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, Kay Wolf has it covered on three sixty.
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  Speaker 2: Every one is listening Mixed one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 1: We understand that a man sustained head in Theresa after
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  Speaker 1: falling down rocks in Litchfield National Park. Joining us on
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  Speaker 1: the line right now, Sin John Ambulance and to operations
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  Speaker 1: manager Craig Garaway. Good morning to you, Craig.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katy.
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  Speaker 1: How are you not too bad? What happened? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Look, we received a call through our TRIPLEO call center
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  Speaker 2: here at the Joint Emergency Communications Center at about twelve
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  Speaker 2: twenty yesterday regarding a report of our mail of approximate
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  Speaker 2: fifty five years of age who had fallen at the
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  Speaker 2: Cascade Falls out at Litchfield Park. The advice we were
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  Speaker 2: given was that he had sustained a head injury and
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  Speaker 2: may have been unconscious for a period of time. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the Batchel Health Clinic being very close by there, we
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  Speaker 2: notified them and they worked with the Northern Territory Emergency Service. Stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Five of those stuff went out to Cascade Falls to
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  Speaker 2: try and see how they were going to get him
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  Speaker 2: out of those falls. My understanding is carefight. Also, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to assist. But thankfully we were able to walk
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  Speaker 2: this fifty five year old male out of Cascade Falls
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  Speaker 2: and get him back to the backs of the health
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  Speaker 2: clinic where he was treated yesterday afternoon. So good result
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  Speaker 2: in the end. But yeah, a lot of people out
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  Speaker 2: that way. I believe at the moment they're all experiencing
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  Speaker 2: the great teratory lifestyle, and unfortunately these things do happen
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  Speaker 2: at times.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, goodness, me lucky. He's okay, We're going to be okay.
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  Speaker 1: By the sounds of it, was he.
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  Speaker 2: On his own, I don't believe, so a number of
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  Speaker 2: people have obviously been with him, and obviously he made
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  Speaker 2: that trip low call. Obviously a lot of people out
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  Speaker 2: in that area, so that's how we've become involved.
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  Speaker 1: In goodness, But by the sounds of it, he is
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  Speaker 1: recovering or he's going to recover, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Fears like he's going to make a full recovery from
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  Speaker 2: his injuries. Obviously he was able to help the rescuers
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  Speaker 2: by walking out of that area made it a lot easier.
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  Speaker 2: It's obviously quite difficult terrain for all the all the
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  Speaker 2: rescue people to navigate, and he was able to help
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  Speaker 2: us by getting himself out.
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  Speaker 1: Craig, do you quite often find that, you know that
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  Speaker 1: you're having to that staff are having to go out
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  Speaker 1: to Litchfield in order to sort of, you know, to
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  Speaker 1: help people who have had falls and mishaps in the
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  Speaker 1: National Park. Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Look, we do go out there occasionally. I wouldn't say
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  Speaker 2: too regularly, but obviously when you're take into consideration the
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  Speaker 2: amount of people out in that area, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: pretty lucky with the amount of people that do get hurt.
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  Speaker 2: It's not very many at all. And it's the same
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  Speaker 2: as McDonald's rangers out there in our springs. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of people walk those ranges and you know a number
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  Speaker 2: of times a year we do have to go out
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  Speaker 2: and recover these people and they injure themselves, and it
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  Speaker 2: is complex because they're a long way from anywhere, and
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  Speaker 2: you can't just drive your ambulance in and pick them
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  Speaker 2: up and drive them back to the hospital. It's usually
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  Speaker 2: four or five hours of hiking in and trying to
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  Speaker 2: carry them out. And the emergency service Anty emergency services
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  Speaker 2: are great when it comes to that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, goodness, mate, it does sound sound like it can
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  Speaker 1: be pretty complex when you do need to rescue someone
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  Speaker 1: from there, I guess, you know, a timely reminder for
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  Speaker 1: people to just take care if they are heading out
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  Speaker 1: to Litchfield National Park or anywhere really.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and especially when you're climbing. A lot of those
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  Speaker 2: rocks are very slippery, a lot of water out there,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, obviously make sure you're with people. Don't
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  Speaker 2: be there on your own because obviously if something does happen,
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  Speaker 2: then you know you're at the peril of whatever's going
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  Speaker 2: to happen out there. And just you know, don't climb
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  Speaker 2: rocks if you don't have to. You know, it is slippery,
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  Speaker 2: and you know when you're climbing to jump off, don't
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  Speaker 2: do it. It's not a good practice and that's how people.
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  Speaker 1: Get to hurt. Yeah, absolutely well, Craig Garraway, always good
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  Speaker 1: to catch up with you. We appreciate your time today, Katie,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you you too. That's great. Garaway there from Sir
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  Speaker 1: John Ambulance the end to the operations manager. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a timely reminder I think for everybody, do take care
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  Speaker 1: if you are out and about. Lots of people in
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  Speaker 1: the school holidays and you know, with friends and family
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  Speaker 1: visiting from other locations heading out to the likes of
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  Speaker 1: Lichfield and sometimes will Sometimes accidents happen, so do make
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  Speaker 1: sure that you take care