Overlandman wrote:One was suffering hypothermia after climbing to the summit of Federation Peak.
▶️ The two were well prepared and only activated the beacon after the condition of the walker began to deteriorate.
gatesy wrote:Overlandman wrote:One was suffering hypothermia after climbing to the summit of Federation Peak.
▶️ The two were well prepared and only activated the beacon after the condition of the walker began to deteriorate.
Does hypothermia happen if walkers really are well prepared?
Think Tas Police could consider using different wording there
Overlandman wrote:Sad to see they are closing the Launceston General Hospital Helipad
Patients now have to go to and from the Launceston Airport by ambulance.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/ ... /101830070
Overlandman wrote:From Tasmania Police
Two people rescued from Walls of Jerusalem National Park
Tasmania Police media release
10:17am, 7/4/23
Two people have been rescued from Walls of Jerusalem National Park this morning after a personal locator beacon was activated at 3:15am.
Poor weather and heavy rain in the area prevented access by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Police Search and Rescue along with State Emergency Service volunteers prepared to walk into the area.
Weather cleared sufficiently around 7.30am, which allowed the Westpac Police Rescue Helicopter to access the area.
At 8:40am two people, a father and son aged 67 and 17 from Runaway Bay Queensland, were located uninjured and transported out of the area.
The pair set up camp last night near Lake Solveig in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, but their tent flooded during the night, they were cold and wet and alerted authorities by activating their PLB. The bushwalkers were returned to their parked car wet and cold but otherwise uninjured.
“Wet and windy conditions are forecast over the next two days, so it’s a reminder to those venturing into the Tasmanian wilderness to be prepared with appropriate wet weather gear, warm clothing and we encourage the carriage of personal locator beacons,”
Inspector Darren Hopkins said.
“Remember always tell someone where you are going and when you are planning to return.”
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CBee wrote:I was wondering if there are any official rules about deploying an emergency beacon. Casually chatting with rangers, I was told it can be used only for emergency and in life-threatening situations or the impossibility to leave a location and return safely to the car.
Warin wrote:
The assessment of the situation is done by the button presser.
If they did they pressed the button with no hint of some emergency.. then they could (should) be charged IMO.
But judging it simply by what is presented here, no. The people who went in and saw the situation would be best able to judge the situation and the possibility of misuse.
north-north-west wrote:The S&R personnel themselves say they prefer people to send for help even when self-rescue seems straightforward to an objective assessor, rather than wait and potentially turn a slightly iffy situation into somethiing far more serious and possibly even lethal.
Tazz81 wrote:About 10 years ago a 16 yr old girl died of an asthma attack down in Southport because the Road ambulance took too long and the helicopter was rescuing someone off the overland track with a sore knee…..
People need to realise that when they call for help unnecessarily they are therefore depriving others of that critical care that they are hogging.
Tazz81 wrote:Another issue that is not often discussed is the fact that once you hit the button all JRCC gets is an emergency indication (unless you have an inreach of course whereby you can text your exact situation). This essentially means that you are triaged to the top of the tree because they don’t know the nature of your emergency, just that you are having one.
Warin wrote:Tazz81 wrote:About 10 years ago a 16 yr old girl died of an asthma attack down in Southport because the Road ambulance took too long and the helicopter was rescuing someone off the overland track with a sore knee…..
A 'sore knee' may make it impossible to walk, particularly with a pack on. Waiting for a knee to recover may mean running out of food. 'Unnecessarily' may well be necessary, possibly not required immediately but within a few days and provided the weather cooperates.
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