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Accident at araps on news Sunday 9/3 9-Mar-2015 At 10:04:37 PM kieranl

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On 9/03/2015 Goshen wrote:
>I was at Araps, although not so close to where it happened. I do not have
>accurate information on what happened, but I do know the climber (although
>didn't know it was him until a few hours later). Other friends of his
>have reported that he is ok, and recovering well, and is keen to get back
>on the rock.
>
>It did involve descending from large ledge up eskimo nell - although is
>not necessarily a case of simply abseiling off the end of the rope.
>
>This accident turned out to not be as serious as it could have been.
>The ambulance got there quite quickly... But (and I hope it's not too soon),
>the 'emergency responders' kept coming, and coming, and coming.
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>Missing from this picture are 2 police cars, 2 ambulances and a news helicopter.
>
>The climber did have head injuries, so a thorougher response is justified
>of course... But when is enough, enough? Would another 4 ambulances
>have helped a bit more, just in case? What is going on here?
>
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Helicopter was actually the air ambulance which took the injured climber to hospital.

What's going on is, as you guessed a "thorough" response. So the first response is to call up anything that might be necessary. Once they're on the road they don't stop until they are explicitly stood down. It's not very far from Horsham to Arapiles so a fair amount of stuff can roll up before the police call "stop". There was in fact a surprising amount of other stuff on the way that got turned around.

The number of vehicles that turned out is pretty much a standard response for Arapiles, 2 ambulances, 2 police cars, ARG (SES) trailer, a couple of SES cars, air ambulance. Probably the only unusual one is the CFA truck, which probably has to do with the way the call was classified in the system.